Welcome back inside the Ann Arbor Studios of the Big 1050 WTKA online at the big 1050.com.

So as we discussed in the opening section, a segment, the Michigan Wolverines are heading to Austin, Texas for the Austin Regional of the NCAA softball tournament.

Michigan is the three seat in that regional.

They are down there along with Texas, UCF and eastern Illinois.

Michigan will play UCF on Friday at 2 p.m.

And after the bracket was revealed, we heard from head coach Bonnie Thole.

She met with the media, had a Zoom conversation with us last night.

So here is that Zoom conversation now.

Here is Bonnie Thole celebrating the Michigan Big Ten Championship,

getting ready for the NCAA tournament.

Bonnie Thole, meeting with the media yesterday now here on the Michigan Insider

on the Big 1050 WTK.

How do you like this destination, this regional?

Um, you know, I don't have a huge opinion about it other than every single regional that appears on the screen is an absolute legit regional with outstanding teams and more than just two outstanding teams.

You know, so many of the regionals have three to four, you know, top-notch,

outstanding teams.

So, you know, you have to enter it knowing that it is a battle and you have to embrace that it is a challenge and you have to bring your best game.

You have to bring your A game and know that you're not going to be perfect, but it's going to be a battle for sure.

How quickly did you start researching Texas and UCF and, or did you already know a decent

amount about each of those teams?

I wouldn't say a decent amount.

Obviously, we've seen Texas a bunch on television, on ESPN and have seen many of their highlights and many of their games.

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