Defend the Block 37 - FGCU Postgame, LSU Preview

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

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🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Michigan women's basketball rolled Florida Gulf Coast in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, and Brian talks with leading scorer Leigha Brown (3:15) and Head Coach Kim Barnes Arico (10:30) about the impressive victory and Tuesday's assignment against Tennessee. Then, we preview Michigan men's basketball's matchup with LSU on Monday by catching up with forward Brandon Johns, Jr. (20:20). Brian concludes by getting a scouting report on the Tigers with their radio play-by-play broadcaster Chris Blair (31:00).

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0:00.0	In the NCAA tournament, small sample sizes, one-off challenges, and unexpected twists can turn a game upside down.
0:08.2	In the early going on Sunday afternoon, Michigan women's basketball faced some things that could have took them down that path of falling to a highly talented, lower-seeded, mid-major team, hungry to prove that they belonged on this stage.
0:23.3	Florida Gulf Coast had won a nation-leading 25 in a row, and both Nas Hillman and Leah Brown
0:28.7	dealt with foul trouble in the first half. Then in a close game, during the opening moments of
0:33.2	that third quarter, sure enough, Nas picked up foul number three. Things were getting treacherous,
0:39.1	and that's until Leah Brown happened. She had one of the most impressive quarters of her or any one season,
0:45.3	and it came in her NCAA tournament debut, a 19-point explosion in the third quarter,
0:51.1	where she seemed to score in almost every way possible as Michigan turned
0:55.7	a nail-biter into a lopsided victory, with Leah seemingly controlling the game by herself.
1:01.9	Brown finished with 28 points on 12 of 16 shooting as Michigan beat a team that hadn't lost
1:07.9	in months by 21. As we've all seen in this tournament, momentum is certainly not guaranteed game to game,
1:14.7	but this was about as impressive of a round of 64 performance as you can have,
1:20.5	and it came after some real-life challenges for 20-plus minutes.
1:25.6	We're going to break this one down with Leah, with Kim Barnes-Zerico.
1:29.4	Also talk a little Michigan LSU on Monday right here on Defend the Block.
1:34.4	We're talking Michigan basketball.
1:37.0	Welcome to Defend the Block, where we'll take you inside the basketball programs with interviews, analysis, and so much more. Now is your host, Brian Bush.
1:48.3	Both the women and the men on to the round of 32. One day after Michigan takes down Texas
1:54.3	Southern in the men's dance, it is the women with an emphatic victory over Florida Gulf Coast
1:59.7	on Sunday down in Texas.
2:02.5	As we've been telling you, the Michigan basketball postseason journey is presented by
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