Good morning, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Happy Tuesday, everybody.

It is Tuesday, January 27, 2025, this, 2026.

Man, took me to the end of January to mess that up.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026, this is the Michigan Insider.

This is the Big 1050 WTK online at the big 1050.com. I'm all excited about tonight's basketball game, all of in my head, a top five matchup at Chrysler Center tonight at 7 o'clock. Big time game will be discussing here on the show. In fact, to help us discuss that on the show this morning, we're going to hear from Dusty May. He had immediate availability yesterday. So we're going to get to that coming up in a little bit. And we don't usually do this, but yesterday, Fred Hoyberg, the mayor, the head coach at Nebraska. He had immediate availability before his team hopped on a plane to come here to Ann Arbor. So we're going to bring Fred Hoyberg, the mayor to you coming up this hour as well.

So you can hear his thoughts as his team gets ready for this top five matchup at the Chrysler Center tonight. Again, number three, Michigan versus number five, Nebraska. Seven o'clock is the tip off time. You can watch it on Peacock. You can listen to it on 102.9W4 country. and of course it is going to be electric inside the Chrysler Center.

Can't wait to be there. So we've got that coming up on the show. A lot of basketball here on the show. But it's a Tuesday, which means we will also get to tell me something good with our friends of the Dog Wizard. The return of KBA Tuesdays with KBA. Kim Barngerico is going to join us this morning here on the show. And then we'll get to the townie top three with Rich Reddy at around 845 here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTK. No EA, no Eric Edelson today. He has a scheduled conflict. But we're actually going to have EA tomorrow at around 805. Mike Spath also has a conflict this week. He's going to go and join us. We'll go inside the huddle with Michael Spath on Thursday at around 825. So we're just shifting these two guests down today, basically. No EA this morning. He joins us tomorrow at 805. No Mike Spath tomorrow. He joins us Thursday at 825 here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTKA

online at the Big 1050.com.

It might be chilly outside.

We're still under our cold weather advisory because it is very chilly outside, but we know it is going to be,

it's going to be nice and cozy inside the Chrysler Center tonight to watch the Michigan

men's basketball team take on Nebraska. We'll get to that in a moment. But now overall in basketball, I'll get to start with the women real quick because yesterday was Rankings Day. The hockey team, I should mention, stayed at the top of the rankings. Their number one in the rankings for the ninth straight week. And they host Ohio State Friday and Saturday here in Ann Arbor.

The women's basketball team fell home.

They had obviously last Monday had lost at Vanderbilt on the day the rankings came out.

And they've dropped a couple of spots.

They're number nine in the polls right now.

But look at the Big Ten.

Seven Big Ten teams in the AP Top 25.

Well, really seven Big Ten teams. Yeah, seven big ten teams in the AP top 25. Well, really seven big 10 teams.

Yeah, seven big 10 teams in the AP top 25 plus Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois

receiving votes.

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