And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com, Sam Webb, Mr. Ira Wynetrob on the other side.

And boy, oh boy, Mr. Wynetraub.

We've seen some season openings for the maize in blue.

I don't know if I've been more impressed.

I've probably been as impressed.

But I don't know that I've been more impressed with Michigan basketball in an opener

than I was last night.

They looked really,

really, really good.

Really, really good last night.

Michigan basketball is, is really good. Really, really good last night. Michigan basketball is for real.

And that's not just me saying.

Timmy Mac, that's my man, Timmy Mac said it before the season.

Three Mills said it last night.

And you're talking about two big fellas that played at the highest level and high school college and the pros and don't mince words when they talk about Michigan.

They call it like they see it.

And both of them have both.

They both said final four about this team, Ira.

Yeah, Sam, this goes back to, you remember I told the conference the story this summer when we were at the Michigan basketball reunion dinner and Rudy T's at the front of the room. And Rudy T. can just say, hey, I had a great time at practice today. You don't have to say anything. But he was talking about they saw 45 minutes of practice. And he talked about the skill, the athleticism, the intensity. And this is a summer practice, right?

And he only saw 45 minutes. But he was up at the front of the room and he's talking about how this, you know, essentially how it translates and how excited he was for basketball. Rudy T's another one of those guys. He's a basketball hall of famer. He's not going to blow smoke. He's just, he, you could say, oh, we were a practice today. we had a good time with the guys.

Or you say,

man,

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