In this new era of college athletics, it feels like more student athletes are not just finding their voices, but using them.

This is present, both inside and outside the sport and in and around the conversation of the sport that they play.

And the topics are wide, whether it's breaking down their sport in a unique way, an inside access type of a format,

or just sharing thoughts on topics important to them outside of their sport.

We're hearing more and more from college athletes than ever before.

Today, we're going to chat with two Michigan men's basketball players who certainly have experienced a ton in just a little bit more than a year here in Ann Arbor.

They arrived to a program coming off what many hoped would be just a rare blip of a season

following five straight sweet 16s.

They endured the worst season for the program in quite some time,

which prompted a coaching change and a ton of roster movement.

Now, expectations are back where they should be for Michigan Hoops

in a program where they are just

two of five returning players. Throughout all that, Namari Burnett and Harrison Hockberg have

developed more of a voice around the program. They've also become great friends whose voices

have grown away from the floor too. They can talk basketball for hours and have done that

so much so that several people around the team

hope that they start a podcast. We'll see if that does indeed happen one day. Student athletes

have quite a busy schedule. I hope it does because it would be really, really good.

But for today, I welcome them both on the show for some of my questions and to give them a little

bit of a podcasting trial run toward the end.

It's just Namari and Harrison talking basketball for about 10 minutes at the very end.

And hey, if you like what you hear, let them know.

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