It's time to wrap up this week's edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider podcast.

Sam Webb, Tim McCormick talking Michigan hoops, getting you ready for the game against Ohio State on Saturday, Sunday 1 o'clock down in Columbus.

You can listen to Sunday's game right here on the Big 1050 WTKA.

And now let's get back to Sam and Tim here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTKA.

Dusty made reference to Ruben Jones.

He says, hey, you haven't seen the real Rubin Jones.

I wonder if that is maybe a likely improvement that we can see now that he's moved into the

starting lineup.

And moving him into the starting lineup takes the burden of him being a a facilitator

or him being the guy that is expected to come in and I know they they you know a lot of guys

everyone is bringing the ball up and triggering offense but he is identified as the point

guard coming off the bench now with that him relieved of that responsibility, Tim,

I wonder if that frees him up to maybe be, you know,

more in the mode of a, I can focus on being more of a shooter.

I wonder if that relaxes him a little bit and gets him back to that guy

who was a 40% three-point shooter at North Texas.

Yeah, I agree with you, but from a different perspective, I think that one of the hardest things to do is to be the backup point guard that sits there and watches the game and you've got to try to figure out who's

doing what. I think that to start the game, Ruben Jones will immediately be in the flow.

You can sub him out pretty quick and then bring him back in for Trey Donaldson. He's already

been in. He's got a sweat going. He's probably had some successful play.

So I think that I like that a lot.

And I also think it's important to keep Kaysan and Pippin in the rotation somewhat so that you're going to need them at some point.

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