Defend the Block 131 - Chris Hunter
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🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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After reacting to the full men's basketball schedule, Brian welcomes in Chris Hunter, the former Wolverine player turned Director of Basketball Operations. Hunter discusses the busy summer for him and the program (8:30), his opportunity to be the team's third assistant late last season (12:15), some early thoughts on this year's roster (18:00), and his reaction to the Wolverines' challenging schedule (25:00).
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| 0:00.0 | Before we talk to a man integral in the scheduling process, and that's Michigan Director of Basketball Operation, and of course the former Wolverine, Chris Hunter, let's talk about the Michigan men's basketball schedule. |
| 0:11.7 | One that has everything out now. We know the times for pretty much every game. |
| 0:16.7 | Of course, both the non-conference and the Big Ten slate is out. |
| 0:20.0 | And I think from a non-conference standpoint, certainly plenty of storylines. |
| 0:23.8 | You've got the local angle where you get Ferris State in an exhibition. |
| 0:27.8 | You get Eastern Michigan at Little Caesar's Arena on a Friday night, November the 11th. |
| 0:33.0 | That will be a pretty cool opportunity, Michigan and Eastern Michigan facing off in such a cool venue. |
| 0:38.6 | Then the last non-conference game for the Wolverines is against the Chippewas of Central Michigan. |
| 0:44.2 | You've got some unique tests. Of course, Michigan will go to the Legends Classic in Brooklyn. |
| 0:50.6 | Certainly a bit surprised they didn't try to position things to have Michigan face either Arizona State or VCU in the opener with a chance to then get them on the back end. |
| 1:00.5 | But Michigan will open against Pitt and then they'll face either Frankie Collins and the Sun Devils or Zeb Jackson, Brandon Johns Jr. and the Rams of VCU. |
| 1:10.2 | There are a couple of buy games before the ACC |
| 1:12.8 | Big Ten Challenge, Michigan hosting Ohio and Jackson State just before Thanksgiving. Then a really |
| 1:18.4 | fun matchup with Virginia that Tuesday night, the last Tuesday of November, just after Thanksgiving, |
| 1:25.8 | that is, without a doubt, the biggest non-conference home game |
| 1:29.6 | on the slate. Of course, we all know about Michigan's trip out to London. We'll talk about it a little |
| 1:34.6 | bit with Chris here momentarily. What is interesting in how it all broke down is that Michigan will |
| 1:40.8 | have to come back from London and very quickly get back on the road and head one |
| 1:46.4 | time zone in the other direction to face off with Minnesota at the barn. Of course, that was one of the |
| 1:52.1 | more frustrating games of the season last year for Michigan, one of those early Big Ten games |
| 1:57.8 | before the turn of the calendar and Michigan fell at home to Minnesota after |
| 2:01.5 | blowing out Nebraska in the Big Ten opener. But because of the uniqueness of that London game |
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