Defend the Block 134 - MBB Media Day Fun
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🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
There was plenty of coverage around Michigan men's basketball last week, with Big Ten Media Day on Wednesday and local Media Day on Friday. On this week's episode of Defend the Block, Brian mixes it up a bit by asking random, non-basketball questions to most members of the team.
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| 0:00.0 | Last week here on Defend the Block, we recapped what has been a busy offseason of coverage here on the podcast. |
| 0:06.3 | Well, over the last week, there's been a lot of opportunities for a bunch of media members to get more insight into the Wolverines, both in men's and women's basketball. |
| 0:16.1 | So for this week's edition, we mix it up a little bit. |
| 0:19.5 | You see this past Friday, Michigan held their local media day. A couple of days after the Wolverines did have some representatives in Minneapolis for the conference-wide event, head coach Juan Howard, Hunter Dickinson, Jalen de Wellen, and Jace Howard. So for this, you can get plenty of awesome coverage from the many who cover Michigan men's and women's basketball |
| 0:38.0 | at a high level. I decided to mix it up a little bit. You see, how it works for these media |
| 0:43.5 | days is you get put through the ringer. It's a car wash of sorts. A ton of different questions. |
| 0:47.7 | A lot of people coming up and asking you about your offseason work, about what's to come for |
| 0:52.1 | this team. Who are the leaders in that locker |
| 0:55.1 | room, et cetera, et cetera. I mix it up a little bit. We had some fun with almost all of the |
| 1:00.6 | Wolverines. I couldn't get to all of them on the men's side during that local media day. |
| 1:05.0 | Of course, some were more popular than others, but we got a good number of them, and simply |
| 1:09.8 | we'll play them back for you. |
| 1:10.9 | Random questions, some funny, some a little bit serious, some would you rather's. |
| 1:15.2 | This hopefully gives you a little bit more of an insight and a little bit more on the personality of these guys, |
| 1:20.8 | because I'll tell you what, I am consistently impressed, blown away even, by the type of people that Michigan brings in. |
| 1:28.6 | And in the basketball side, that's very much the case. |
| 1:31.2 | With the men's team, I hope you enjoy some of these conversations. |
| 1:34.9 | They're random, they're different, I hope they're funny and entertaining to you. |
| 1:39.0 | Let's get to know these guys a bit more off the floor on this week's edition of Defend the Block. |
| 1:43.7 | We're talking Michigan basketball. edition of Defend the Block. We're talking Michigan basketball. |
| 1:46.3 | Welcome to Defend the Block, where we'll take you inside the basketball programs with |
| 1:51.4 | interviews, analysis, and so much more. |
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