It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the Bet Rivers Network, on what is a busy time as we look ahead to the final four this weekend.

Obviously, baseball's starting to rev up.

Yankees haven't been back in New York yet as they finish up in Seattle, obviously playing

very well, pitching brilliantly.

Some crazy things going on.

Let's get to a couple things.

Then we'll get to some emails and we'll preview the final four later in the week.

It's a really good one.

Obviously, Yukon, Illinois is considered,

despite these teams both being really good teams and teams that have a lot of ability. And are teams

capable if everything goes perfectly well, winning this weekend.

But as everyone knows and everyone's realized, Michigan and Arizona are on a collision course.

With Duke gone and Duke obviously hurting, these two were the best teams all year. They are very big. They are very deep.

They are very talented. Their game will be the winner of their game, which to me is impossible

to pick. Impossible to pick. Now, Illinois Yukon is a point in a half. But to me, Yukon's going to have to play really well to win that game. Michigan, Arizona, Michigan's a point in a half. I think if they played 500 times, they each win 250. I mean, I think it's that even between these two teams.

It's just going to be which one makes a big play, which one gets, which big gets in foul trouble,

which one knocks down a shot late, which one has the ball bounced the wrong way.

And I think they're terrific games.

I mean, whoever wins, obviously for TV,

with run they're on right now and their championship pedigree, despite the fact that the Big Ten

lights up the middle of the country, it's no secret in college sports. The Big Ten is what you want. It lights up the middle of the country. It's no secret. In college sports, the Big Ten is what you want.

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