VALIANT: A celebration of Michigan basketball's 2026 season

Michigan won a national championship in basketball, their first in 37 years! Immediately after this happened we were bombarded with people asking if we plan to make another very fancy book. Of course we do!

This is a hardcover, 224-page yearbook that matches the dimensions (11.75x11.25x1) of its sister publication VICTORS, our 2024 football national championship book. You can't have one without the other! As before, we've spared no expense on paper stock, cover feel, durability, etc.

Inside:

THE STORY

Original pieces from Brian Cook and Seth Fisher recapping everything that's happened to Michigan Basketball since 1998: the fall of Steve Fisher's program, a decade out of the Tourney, the Beilein Renaissance, Juwan Howard's return, and Dusty May's quick turnaround. Along the way we'll stop and celebrate some of the players we went through it with, because we couldn't make this book without Zack and Stu, and Burke's stepback.

FEATURES

The history of Michigan Basketball. An interview with Dusty May. Program insiders share how this team was really built. Maybe more! A lot of our friends have asked to contribute.

GAME BY GAME RECAPS

All forty games of Michigan's legendary 2025-26 campaign, remembered by MGoBlog staff members Seth, Brian, Alex Drain, and our associate editor Alejandro Zúñiga.

The recaps are original pieces based on our reporting from the time. 

GAME FLOW GRAPHICS

They also include these gorgeous graphics commissioned from artist Bo McCready:

COACH'S CLIPBOARD

Interspersed between game recaps are Matt D. (of Endless Motor)'s series. Explain the concepts that drove this year's basketball team to your friends. Understand the strategies Dusty May and co. employed in some of the biggest moments of the biggest games.

THE YEARBOOK

Every player to make an impact from this year's team is commemorated with all-new writing from our staff and guests.

PHOTOS

By Marc-Gregor Campredon, who was granted unprecedented access to this year's team.