Michigan's Astonishing Resilience and Strategy in Games

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00:00and your Wolverines are obviously the late 939 game

00:05with the other late 1009 game with Purdue and Houston.

00:09But you know, in Atlanta, Michigan, and Auburn,

00:12and the numbers creeped up to nine,

00:15that's unbelievable to me against a team, Michigan,

00:17that never loses, it's just, they never lose.

00:20Michigan are a great tournament team, right?

00:23They're okay in the regular seasons over the years,

00:25but just think back, guys, think about the time

00:27their plane crashed, going to the Big Ten tournament.

00:30It skidded off the runway, they actually, guys got hurt,

00:33and they took a team vote after,

00:35should we get back on the plane

00:36and go to Washington for the Big Ten tournament?

00:39And they said, hell no, we're not.

00:41They voted no, the team voted no.

00:44The player said, no, no, we're done.

00:46Like, we're pulling from the tournament,

00:48I'm rattled, we just crashed our plane.

00:50And the team captain stepped up and said,

00:52listen, we gotta go, and we gotta do this, you can't,

00:56life is tough, a beeline game, a life is tough thing.

00:59They went and won the damn thing.

01:01They remember that they fired Bill Frieder left,

01:04but Bill Frieder left, Steve Fisher won the championship.

01:07Dustin May comes in, they went to Big Ten,

01:09like, Dustin May takes FAU to the Final Four.

01:12They're a good tournament team, good tournament coach,

01:15knows how to adapt, knows how to game plan.

01:18Now he's had all week for this.

01:19Listen, Auburn get into foul trouble,

01:21I think that's a big key tonight, guys.

01:23Auburn get into foul trouble,

01:24and we've talked about it, Scott,

01:27Auburn's like front line guy,

01:28they look like the Auburn Tiger defensive line.

01:31Like, you could put these guys on a football field,

01:33and like, they're in better shape than a football line.

01:34You think Michigan's gonna beat them?

01:37I think I'm gonna take the money line, yeah.

01:39Because, listen, we can talk about the nine, Scott,

01:42all we want.

01:43That's what I'm talking about, go for it.

01:45Well, we can talk about the nine all we want, Scott,

01:47you and I know, it'll be close,

01:48every Michigan game is close.

01:50It's automatic.

01:51I'm expecting it to be 77-77 with two minutes left,

01:55and Michigan will have it right where they want them.

01:57Right, it'll be like, all right, guys,

01:59we've won 15 games by four points or less, let's go.

02:03This is what we do in close games.

02:06Dude, Gale has really come on, right?

02:08He's come out of nowhere.

02:09He dropped 26 the other night.

02:11Donaldson isn't turning the ball over, all right?

02:14So, suddenly, you know, Donaldson's balling.

02:17Michigan, it's all coming together for them right now.

02:20Love the nine points, they have a shot at winning the game,

02:22and I like the game to go over the number.

02:24Give me Ole Miss plus the three and a half.

02:26Beard played, coached against Izzo in a tournament

02:30in like 2020 or 2019, held him to 51 points, all right?

02:35Beard knows Michigan State.

02:37It's gonna be a slugfest battle,

02:39and Beard's got the athletes to compete with Sparty.

02:42The spread's only three and a half for a reason,

02:44it's kind of low.

02:45Tennessee finds a way, Scott.

02:47Let's do this for RB Rick Barnes, all right?

02:49Everybody always dumps on this guy.

02:51Rick Barnes gets a big win tonight.

02:53They cover the number barely.

02:55They win by like five or six or seven or something like that.

02:57And I think the Houston Cougars roll Purdue.

03:01You're trying to be nice to Rick Barnes

03:04is just not part of the equation today.

03:06I don't have any feelings about him whatsoever.

03:11He's got crow's feet.

03:12What's the, who doesn't?

03:15What's the last game you're doing with Purdue-Houston?

03:18What are you doing there?

03:19Cougs roll.

03:20I think Purdue are a two-man operation.

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