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Are rivalries too heated to ever be fun again? - Michigan Basketball Insider

The Michigan Insider

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4.6855 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On the latest edition of The Michigan Basketball Insider Tim McCormick and Sam Webb discuss the Michigan / Michigan State rivalry in the aftermath of the tragic events East Lansing earlier this month. The conversation shifts to the sudden impact of Tarris Reed and what the roles for Will Tschetter and Terrance Williams II should be moving forward. The podcast concludes with a discussion about Kobe Bufkin's rise up draft boards (is he the most improved player in the Big 10), Dug McDaniel's maturation, and what could be Hunter Dickinson's swan song.

Transcript

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0:00.0

129 at McDonald's gets you a mini Oreo McFlurry.

0:04.6

129 on a big night out gets you...

0:07.5

Sorry, no trainers.

0:10.3

McDonald's save a menu.

0:12.1

Actually get your money's worth.

0:15.0

From 11 a.m.

0:16.2

Price and participation may vary.

0:17.7

Price varies on delivery.

0:19.0

Subject to availability.

0:22.1

And we are back, folks,

0:27.1

for another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider, always a treat when I have a chance to sit down with my big fella who roamed the middle for the maize and blue in the early 80s. He was a first-round

0:32.4

draft pick in the NBA, has been one of the best color commentators and analysts in all of basketball,

0:39.2

college or pro, since hanging his sneakers up doing this thing over at Fox Sports, Detroit,

0:45.6

with the Pistons as well. My good friend, Tim McCormick, Tim, how are you?

0:50.6

I'm doing great, Sam. This is our time of year, isn't it? It is, man. It is. And, you know, in the time since we did the last one, because we did two in the same week, we had Hunter Dickinson on, that was a, it was a great one.

1:04.2

And then there was the tragedy that took place at Michigan State that kind of had us hit the pause button a bit.

1:13.3

And it was one of those, it was one of the few times where you could really see fans, players, everyone involved,

1:20.5

kind of get that there's something bigger than basketball. That was the vibe in the gym that

1:25.6

day where, you know, there was cheering for Michigan State in the pregame.

1:29.5

There was Spartan strong throughout where people were focused on the bigger picture.

1:35.5

And that is, this is a tragedy that touches us all, especially in this state.

1:39.9

I thought Tom Isso's done a great job of meeting the moment.

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