Elliot Cadeau reunited with Michigan basketball after medical scare
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INDIANAPOLIS − Michigan basketball's trip to the Final Four began with a medical scare for point guard Elliot Cadeau.
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It appears all is well.
Cadeau was on hand in Indianapolis on Thursday, April 2, with the Wolverines to partake in Final Four media activities and is scheduled to practice in the closed session later in the afternoon as Dusty May's team acclimates to its new environment.
"A minor inconvenience," Cadeau said in the locker room. "Just ate something I was allergic to. Went to the hospital just as a precaution, tried to make sure it wasn't gonna get bad."
Cadeau realized he ate something that contained walnuts, which is why he immediately contacted the medical personnel. He had an allergic reaction to the drupe as a young kid and said "earlier in my life it got really bad. ... but it wasn't anything [like that]."
Still, he immediately sought medical attention.
Cadeau spent the night in Ann Arbor and got a ride down to Indianapolis Thursday morning with a staff member. Hours later, he was in his jersey with a Final Four patch on his left breast, sitting in front of his locker meeting with a throng of media.
"Very unfortunate for him to have to go through that," Michigan coach Dusty May said Thursday. "It shows him how much he means to his teammates. They were very concerned ... just grateful he's fine, we have great medical care and he's back with us.
"Dude's a warrior."
It was a stark contrast from Wednesday afternoon, when Cadeau alerted the medical team he believed he was having an allergic reaction. Later a video from the scene showed a person that was covered by a white blanket on a gurney being loaded into an ambulance.
NEW... a member of the Michigan Wolverines basketball team needed medical attention as the team prepared to depart for the Final Four this afternoon from Ann Arbor. Sources say an allergic reaction. Player, said to be fine, expected to join the team later.
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"Before the team departed the Player Development Center today, Elliot alerted the medical staff that he may have had an allergic reaction to something that he ate," Michigan team spokesman Tom Wywrot said in a text message to Free Press. "The doctors evaluated Elliot and he is fine."
Cadeau, the Wolverines' primary facilitator, has been consistent in the postseason, averaging 10.5 points per game to go with 8.3 assists, dishing out seven or more in each of U-M's first four games in the NCAA Tournament.
No. 1 seed Michigan (35-3) has cruised to its spot in the Final Four against fellow No. 1 seed Arizona (36-2) which will tip off on Saturday, April 4 (8:49 p.m., TBS) in a game that's been billed as one of the best Final Four matchups in recent memory.
Tony Garcia is the Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.
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