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And welcome to another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider podcast, Sam Webb, here

with the man that provides for us the experience, the analysis, and the great passion

for Michigan basketball, a former player, both at Michigan and the NBA

and now on the broadcast side and also one of the top guys with the NBA Players Association

talking about Tim McCormick, my man, how are you doing this afternoon?

I'm doing fantastic.

We're entering the home stretch, and the standings are materializing, and, boy, what a big week for Michigan.

I wouldn't have been surprised had they lost both games this week with the uncertainty with Xavier, with Isaiah not playing, with the tremendous parity.

Nine teams have a four or five or six in the L column in the Big Ten, which is pretty

amazing.

So we'll see.

Yeah, but you said, I remember heading into before a conference play started, he said, look,

the Big Ten champ probably is going to have five losses, which is a high number for a champion but it's

looking like it's going to be pretty much on point this year tim as as are most of the things

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