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Reflection time.

Reflection upon the last game of the season, as it turns out, as Michigan fell in the

sweet 16 to the Auburn Tigers, a team that has since advanced to the final four,

joining me to reflect upon that.

And also to look ahead as the mayor of Michigan, Twitter, as we have so affectionately dubbed him, our good friend, Scott Bell.

Scott, good morning. How are you?

I'm all right. I'm happy to be be here as always and let's rip the Band-Aid off and eulogize the season. Yeah, man, that's, you know what, I'm all right too. That's how I

was shortly after the game, disappointed with the outcome, disappointed that they wound up squandering a lead,

but I felt like they, at the end of the day, lost to a better team.

Doesn't mean that they didn't have their opportunities, though, Scott.

Absolutely.

I think heading into the second weekend, it was very much a house money situation.

And you were happy with where Michigan got, but you're not necessarily content.

You're not just there to get your pitcher taken and happy to be there.

You're there to win the game.

But the fact of the matter is, you are playing against the number one team in the country, and you're going to be there. You're there to win the game, but the fact of the matter is,

you are playing against the number one team in the country,

and you're going to have to play a pretty flawless game to get there,

to get into the elite eight.

And honestly, for 30 minutes, Michigan not only looked like they belonged,

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