And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com.

Sam Webb, Mr. I rewind, drop on the other side and joining us as she does on Tuesdays.

We talk Michigan women's basketball.

Michigan women's basketball coach Kim Barnes-R-R-Rico.

She's known for scheduling aggressively.

She doesn't turn down a challenge.

And yet, if she was in charge of aligning up the schedule,

I don't know if she would have lined it up like this. Number four,

then number one, then number nine. That is how the schedule shapes up. First, it was number four

USC, then number one, UCLA, then number nine, Ohio State. Thank you, Big Ten schedule makers, because that's what they did.

That's the favor that they did the Michigan Women's Basketball team. Joining us to talk about that

is Michigan Women's basketball coach Kim Barzorico. Coach, good morning. How are you?

Good morning, Sam. Good morning, Ira. Happy New Year. I'm doing well.

Yeah, thank you for those reminders. We've been living it for sure.

And it's been a tough stretch. And I think one of the most important things during this stretch is that, you know, we keep our confidence,

we don't forget who we are, we don't get discouraged because we have so many young players

in our program that are in this position for the very first time.

And, you know, you have to head on the road for a week, you know, the day after Christmas

to face two of the top teams in the country. The first,

you know, the first time on the road, we played, we played another number one team and another,

you know, top 10 team earlier, but they were on a neutral court. So this was, this was different

going out there for the USC crowd and the UCLA crowd. But what an incredible experience for our young squad.

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