Defend the Block 1 - Naz Hillmon & Isaiah Livers

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Michigan, College, Sports, Ncaa, Jon Jansen, Wolverines, Football

4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to our newest edition to MGoBlue Podcasts! Defend the Block, hosted by Brian Boesch, will take you inside the Wolverines' basketball programs, and we begin with the top per-game scorers on the women's and men's team from a season ago. Naz Hillmon discusses her participation in this year's election (6:00), her role on the Big Ten's Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition (8:30), her journey to Ann Arbor (16:00), the program's growth and outlook (19:00), and her individual and team-related goals (22:20). Then, Isaiah Livers stops by to talk about the social justice messaging on Michigan jerseys (27:45), his childhood sports memories (30:45), why he came to Michigan (35:00), his early impressions on this season's team (36:45), and how the Wolverines can reach their goals (40:00).

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0:00.0	So what is Defend the Block? Well, it's a podcast about Michigan basketball. Better question is,
0:05.1	what's the goal of Defend the Block? And there are plenty to give fans a unique perspective on
0:10.3	both basketball programs here in Ann Arbor, to offer analysis, both game by game and broadly,
0:16.0	and probably most importantly, to tell you about the people in these programs as people.
0:23.2	As the play-by-play broadcaster for Michigan men's basketball, I have the pleasure of getting
0:27.6	to know these individuals, players, coaches, staff members, get to know their journeys, their life
0:32.9	stories, they're off-the-court aspirations.
0:35.6	It's all worth bringing to you.
0:37.5	It's all worth knowing as you watch them compete on the floor.
0:40.9	Like Within the Trenches, conquering heroes in our other series here on M-Go-Blu podcasts,
0:46.1	defend the block will evolve, it will inform, and hopefully it'll entertain.
0:50.8	I invite you to share your thoughts, your ideas, your criticisms.
0:55.4	I'm on Twitter at Brian Bush, B-R-I-A-N-B-O-E-S-C-H. You can also email Michigan-W Wolverines Radio at
1:01.7	gmail.com or text us 734-328-1-760. Ultimately, we want to make this podcast into something that you, the fans, enjoy.
1:13.2	Episode 1 features the leading per game scorers on the two basketball teams last season,
1:18.4	Nas Hillman and Isaiah Livers.
1:20.4	We'll talk plenty of basketball with both.
1:22.8	However, both Nas and Isaiah have been vocal in 2020,
1:26.3	or maybe a bit more accurately, they've been heard
1:29.4	louder or more frequently in 2020.
1:32.5	We'll talk with Nas and Isaiah coming up here on the debut episode of Defend the Block.
1:41.3	We're talking Michigan basketball.
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