Good morning, Ann Arbor, Michigan, TGIF.

Happy Friday, everybody.

It is Friday, March 27, 2026.

This is the Michigan insider.

This is the Big 1050, WTKA, online at the big 1050.com.

It's our travel day. Sam and I'll be heading to Chicago shortly after the big 1050.com. It's our travel day.

Sam and I'll be heading to Chicago shortly after the show to get ready for tonight's

Sweet 16 action in the windy city.

Michigan versus Alabama is the first game.

And then, of course, Iowa State and Tennessee is the second game.

And then the expectation is that Michigan wins and moves on to Sunday.

But if you watch last night, you'll know that can't always expect or guarantee that the expectation is what is going to happen.

So we'll talk basketball this morning, a lot of basketball this morning here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTK online at the Big 1050.com, including some coverage from Chicago from yesterday.

Alejira Zanagan, Zach Shaw are already there. And Sam and I will be there a little bit later, as I said today. But yesterday we heard from Tray McKinney, Roddy Gail Jr. and Yaxa Lindenborg, along with Dusty May. So we're going to get to that coming up in a little bit here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050WTK online at the big 1050.com. So the men are in Chicago.

The women traveled to Fort Worth, Texas yesterday, and it is a huge basketball weekend. We'll spend most of our day talking basketball here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 150 WTK online at the Big 1050.com, including with our guest, John Eustacon, who's going to join us a little early. He has a scheduling conflict. he has a speech that he's giving the 9 o'clock hours,

so he'll join us a little early. He has a scheduling conflict. He has a speech that he's giving the 9 o'clock hours.

So he'll join us at around 805 this morning here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050WTCA online at the big 1050.com. So obviously yesterday was or last night was all about um it was all about basketball last night but

during the day yesterday it was all about baseball and it was the opening it was opening day

across baseball the tigers had their opener out in san diego and as a pretty good result

tigers jumped out early scored four runs in the first added a pair of runs in the third, a pair more in the fifth, and got to talk about the rookie. Kevin McGonical, four for five with a couple of doubles, a couple of runs batted in, a couple of runs scored. And yeah, he was raking yesterday. It was nice to see him get off the get off to a great start. Cole Keith had a couple of hits. Glyber Torres had a hit in the game yesterday. Tork had a hit in the game yesterday with a couple of runs scored. You also had Dylan Dingler hit a home run yesterday. He went two for five with three runs batted in.

And then Parker Meadows had a couple of RBIs in there as well.

Tigers' bats were alive and kicking for the first game of the season.

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