INDIANAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� Michigan starting point guard Elliot Cadeau rejoined his teammates and said Thursday his allergic reaction was due to an accidental exposure to nuts.
鈥淚 just ate something I was allergic to,鈥� the junior said as he sat at his locker at Lucas Oil Stadium, two days before the Wolverines meet fellow No. 1 seed Arizona in the national semifinals.
Coach Dusty May said Cadeau, who averages 10.2 points and 5.8 assists, is 鈥渇ine.鈥�
Cadeau’s treatment came as his teammates were flying to the Final Four, though Cadeau said a Michigan staffer had driven him to Indianapolis to rejoin teammates ahead of Thursday’s locker-room interviews and other pregame promotional activities.
Cadeau described it as 鈥渏ust a minor inconvenience for me.鈥�
鈥淚 just had a little bit of hives so that鈥檚 why I went to the hospital, just to prevent anything further from happening,鈥� he said.
Detroit radio station WWJ 950 posted a on Wednesday showing a covered individual sitting upright while being wheeled out of Michigan鈥檚 player development center on a gurney and loaded into an ambulance. later confirmed it was , who had complained of a possible allergic reaction and received medical supervision 鈥渙ut of an abundance of caution.鈥�
鈥淚f it鈥檚 the worst thing that happens to us, then we鈥檙e very blessed,鈥� May said Thursday. “It also just shows him how much he means to his teammates. They were very concerned, obviously, like we all would be for a reaction like that.
鈥淏ut just grateful that he鈥檚 fine. We have great medical care, and he鈥檚 back with us. Dude is a warrior. He鈥檒l be fine.鈥�
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