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Michigan's Astonishing Resilience and Strategy in Games
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3/28/2025
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and your Wolverines are obviously the late 939 game
00:05
with the other late 1009 game with Purdue and Houston.
00:09
But you know, in Atlanta, Michigan, and Auburn,
00:12
and the numbers creeped up to nine,
00:15
that's unbelievable to me against a team, Michigan,
00:17
that never loses, it's just, they never lose.
00:20
Michigan are a great tournament team, right?
00:23
They're okay in the regular seasons over the years,
00:25
but just think back, guys, think about the time
00:27
their plane crashed, going to the Big Ten tournament.
00:30
It skidded off the runway, they actually, guys got hurt,
00:33
and they took a team vote after,
00:35
should we get back on the plane
00:36
and go to Washington for the Big Ten tournament?
00:39
And they said, hell no, we're not.
00:41
They voted no, the team voted no.
00:44
The player said, no, no, we're done.
00:46
Like, we're pulling from the tournament,
00:48
I'm rattled, we just crashed our plane.
00:50
And the team captain stepped up and said,
00:52
listen, we gotta go, and we gotta do this, you can't,
00:56
life is tough, a beeline game, a life is tough thing.
00:59
They went and won the damn thing.
01:01
They remember that they fired Bill Frieder left,
01:04
but Bill Frieder left, Steve Fisher won the championship.
01:07
Dustin May comes in, they went to Big Ten,
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like, Dustin May takes FAU to the Final Four.
01:12
They're a good tournament team, good tournament coach,
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knows how to adapt, knows how to game plan.
01:18
Now he's had all week for this.
01:19
Listen, Auburn get into foul trouble,
01:21
I think that's a big key tonight, guys.
01:23
Auburn get into foul trouble,
01:24
and we've talked about it, Scott,
01:27
Auburn's like front line guy,
01:28
they look like the Auburn Tiger defensive line.
01:31
Like, you could put these guys on a football field,
01:33
and like, they're in better shape than a football line.
01:34
You think Michigan's gonna beat them?
01:37
I think I'm gonna take the money line, yeah.
01:39
Because, listen, we can talk about the nine, Scott,
01:42
all we want.
01:43
That's what I'm talking about, go for it.
01:45
Well, we can talk about the nine all we want, Scott,
01:47
you and I know, it'll be close,
01:48
every Michigan game is close.
01:50
It's automatic.
01:51
I'm expecting it to be 77-77 with two minutes left,
01:55
and Michigan will have it right where they want them.
01:57
Right, it'll be like, all right, guys,
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we've won 15 games by four points or less, let's go.
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This is what we do in close games.
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Dude, Gale has really come on, right?
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He's come out of nowhere.
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He dropped 26 the other night.
02:11
Donaldson isn't turning the ball over, all right?
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So, suddenly, you know, Donaldson's balling.
02:17
Michigan, it's all coming together for them right now.
02:20
Love the nine points, they have a shot at winning the game,
02:22
and I like the game to go over the number.
02:24
Give me Ole Miss plus the three and a half.
02:26
Beard played, coached against Izzo in a tournament
02:30
in like 2020 or 2019, held him to 51 points, all right?
02:35
Beard knows Michigan State.
02:37
It's gonna be a slugfest battle,
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and Beard's got the athletes to compete with Sparty.
02:42
The spread's only three and a half for a reason,
02:44
it's kind of low.
02:45
Tennessee finds a way, Scott.
02:47
Let's do this for RB Rick Barnes, all right?
02:49
Everybody always dumps on this guy.
02:51
Rick Barnes gets a big win tonight.
02:53
They cover the number barely.
02:55
They win by like five or six or seven or something like that.
02:57
And I think the Houston Cougars roll Purdue.
03:01
You're trying to be nice to Rick Barnes
03:04
is just not part of the equation today.
03:06
I don't have any feelings about him whatsoever.
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He's got crow's feet.
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What's the, who doesn't?
03:15
What's the last game you're doing with Purdue-Houston?
03:18
What are you doing there?
03:19
Cougs roll.
03:20
I think Purdue are a two-man operation.
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