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You know how we get down.

We love it when we have our guy, Timmy Mack, with us.

He was a star at Clarkston High School before becoming an outstanding player at the University

of Michigan and then becoming a first round draft pick and now one of the best basketball commentators

in the land. But he's just our guy. He's just Timmy Mac. I'm talking about Tim McCormick.

Tim, how are you doing this morning? I am fantastic. I cannot wait for this weekend. I love our team.

I've so thoroughly enjoyed every moment of every game. And I'm really confident. I like

the matchups. And I think that Saturday is going to be an unbelievable game. Maybe one of the

best games with the most at stake that we've ever seen. Yeah, Tim, I got to go back to before the

season. Like I did with Mike Boynton, with

Akeem, Ms. Cadeen, coaches on the team who, you know, and just by nature, coaches don't

boast before the season, not publicly anyway. You know, they're just a little more reserved.

Everyone's optimistic, but not saying, hey, we're going to the final weekend. But those guys were, it was different with this team. And they were talking in those terms about this year and this Michigan basketball team. And so, Tim, were you. And I know you, you don't, you don't boast. You

don't, it's not, you're not out there screaming at the, you know, in the shouting matches.

But about this team, you were like, Sam, this is a, this is a final four caliber team. And here

they are, Tim, just like you thought.

I saw them for the first time at September.

And I walked away, thoroughly impressed with a lot of things,

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