Last week, I shared what this Michigan men's basketball season meant to me,

and I asked if anyone wanted to do the same here on Defend the Block,

and I was overwhelmed with the number of responses, with the quality of responses,

with the thought of the responses.

So we will share many of them with you next right here on a special edition of Defend the Block.

We're talking Michigan basketball.

Welcome to Defend the Block, where we'll take you inside the basketball programs with

interviews, analysis, and so much more.

Now, here's your host, Brian Bush.

A few disclaimers and a few shoutouts before we get into some emails at the end.

I'll share a handful of audio files that I did receive, but did tweak or edit a little bit of the emails or audio files just to make sure that it's not too long per one.

I tried to keep basically the same amount of contributions

for every single person, whether it was via email or audio, the crux of it, the important messages

from all of them are still very much present, but did want to say for those who did reach out,

we're going to get to everybody, but did not read word for word for a number of reasons.

A few shoutouts I do want to give because these were based more on our work and my work on the podcast,

broadcast, incredibly thankful for the likes of Matt in Gistonia, North Carolina, Jordan, a 2009

alum, Bennett down in Memphis, Tennessee, Clark, who sent a video to me from the final

few seconds and a celebration of a group of Michigan fans on a cruise ship heading towards

St. Thomas. That was really, really cool. And also, Jeanette from Calcasca. She's reached out a few

times. Very, very kind. I thank Jeanette for her incredibly generous words. So we'll do the audio files

at the end, but wanted to read through the emails that I received, starting with John in

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