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Michigan set up to be No. 1 in AP Top 25 thanks to transfer portal and culture money can't buy
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Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg (23) smiles as he celebrates with his teammates as head coach Dusty May is interviewed following a win over UCLA in an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. - photo by AP Photo/Lon Horwedel
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is in a position to be No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll because the program had financial support to make moves in the transfer portal and coach Dusty May has developed a selfless culture that money can't buy. In a week that began with No.