Good morning, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Happy Wednesday, everybody.

It is a hump day.

Wednesday is May 20 at 2026.

This is the Michigan insider.

This is the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

Had the end of season trade gen Langdon media availability yesterday. He talked about Jalen Dern, obviously, getting ready for the future. We'll hear from him coming up in a little bit here on the show. Coming up in the 7 o'clock hour, Michigan football recruiting with the recruiting with the recruiting roundup at around 745. and then at 8 o'clock hour at around 8.10, we're going to go inside the huddle with Michael Spath for his regular Wednesday segment. We have a special guest in the studio at around 845 this morning to participate in stroke awareness month. And then we are hoping to connect with Steve Clark for the midweek peak for the 9 o'clock hour. He has been traveling.

He got back super late last night.

So hoping to connect with Steve this morning.

We'll stay tuned for that here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

The big news of the day yesterday from here in Ann Arbor is that Marez Johnson, Jr.

announced that he is staying in the draft.

The personification of toughness, he brought that hard edge with him to Ann Arbor from Illinois, and he helped kind of permeate that throughout the team.

And obviously, a big part, his huge of michigan's run to the national championship was

bringing mares johnson junior in adding his toughness adding his really his all-around skill set

on both ends of the floor remember back in february maybe we haven't had it earlier but i remember

having this conversation in february uh with talking about ma Adai, and the NBA draft.

And if you remember what we talked about, we said, well, if we're in a position in April and May

that Marez Johnson Jr. and Adai Mara are both looking at the draft and both likely

staying in the draft, and in this case they are staying in the draft, that we most likely will have just witnessed Michigan winning a national championship,

and we will say thank you to Merez and thank you to Adai and wish them well and support

them as they go along their professional careers.

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