What a ride the last four years have been for Michigan men's basketball.

Ten NCAA tournament wins, a trip to the national championship game, a coaching change,

smack dab in the middle of that stretch, a pandemic shortened season, followed by a pandemic

altered season.

During that stretch, plenty of good players left.

Plenty of good players have come in.

Heck, plenty of good players have come and gone.

Two constants from those four years, C.J. Baird and Luke Wilson. We talked to C.J. last week.

We'll chat with Luke on this episode. But those two and Michigan scout team as a whole,

they've been integral pieces to this Michigan basketball puzzle, mostly away from the focus of the fan base.

CJ and Luke were walk-ons, scout team members, but valuable team members.

It is tough to truly capture it, but how about this stat for you in terms of CJ and Luke and

the scout team as a whole, their value?

17 and 5. Michigan, over the, their value. 17 and 5.

Michigan, over the last four seasons, 17 and 5 in 0 or 1 full day prep.

So either a back-to-back or a game, quote-unquote, off-day game.

Mostly the tournament style setups.

Those are the situations where recovery for the rotation players is just as valuable as quick

retention and implementation of the scouting report from the coaching staff by the scout team.

Guys like CJ and Luke, all while maintaining, of course, their on-court and in-jim responsibilities

as players, and oh yeah, being students at a prestigious school like the University of Michigan, their on-court and in-jim responsibilities as players, and oh, yeah,

being students at a prestigious school like the University of Michigan, well, they would have to

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