Hey, it's me, Ira from the Michigan Insider. Join me at the first ever Ann Arbor Wine and Spirits Festival on Saturday, April 11th from 2 until 8 at Revel Run in Chelsea.

Taste local and national brands of wine, tequila bourbon, and so much more. Enjoy Zingerman's Roadhouse and local food trucks, live entertainment and cigar rolling demonstrations.

Charles Woodson Intercept Wines will be there too. Get your tickets in advance and save.

Go to Ann Arbor Wine and Spiritsfest.com. That's Ann Arbor Wine and Spiritsfest.com. Buy your tickets today. We'll see you on the 11th. And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider, on the Big 1050 WTKA online at the big 1050.com, Michigan. The Wolverines are national champions for the second time in program history, a punctuation of a phenomenal season, absolutely phenomenal season,

a dominant run. You know, the margin of victory may not have been on par with some of the prior

margins, but it was dominant in and of the dominance that you saw defensively was, to me,

a microcosm. It was sort of, it epitomized the dominance that they've shown all season long on that end of the floor.

And then their ability to win games in different ways, whatever the circumstance, whether the shots weren't falling or, you know, a player here was out or a player that

was out or this guy was hurt or that guy was hurt. They can win with defense. They can win in

transition. They could play a half court game. They could play a slow game. It didn't matter.

Whatever you threw at them, they could win. And that is to me what defines the champion in any year,

but what sets this one apart is they had so many more ways in which they could do it. All champions

can win in multiple ways. But I don't think most champions could win in as many ways as Michigan

showed it could win this year. Last night being another example of that,

joining me to talk about that. And our native, longtime sports writer, you know, a columnist who,

for me, was one of the few voices that I would listen to when I was looking for a sports opinion. Eric Aidelson was a guy

that I would listen to and still listen to as he's on with us every single week. So EA,

no better time than the present to have you on. How are you doing this morning? Good morning, Sam.

Great to speak with you. Yeah, so we had visions of success.

We felt likely a deep run.

And we felt, I think as we got deeper into the season, we felt, hey, there's a pretty good chance at the championship.

But here they are, Eric Adelson, Michigan, and only the second year of Dusty May is a national

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