Franz Wagner Breaks Out; Isaiah Livers Settles into Leadership Role - Michigan Basketball Insider
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🗓️ 6 January 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Sam Webb and Tim McCormick break down Franz Wagner's breakout showings versus Nebraska, Maryland, and Northwestern, Hunter Dickinson's emergence as one of the best big men in the country, and Michigan's versatility on the wing. Isaiah Livers joins the podcast to discuss his growth as player and leader, his relationship with Juwan Howard, role definition, and more. Then Tim and Sam round out the podcast with previews of upcoming Big 10 match ups with Minnesota and Penn State, a breakdown of Michigan's remaining schedule, and Tim's amended All-Big 10 team.
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| 0:00.0 | This holiday season, Amazon brings you an unmissable month of festive football. |
| 0:07.0 | What a fantastic night of football. |
| 0:10.0 | Including Tuesday's UEFA Champions League must watch match. |
| 0:14.0 | It doesn't get much better than that. |
| 0:17.0 | And 20 Premier League games. |
| 0:19.0 | This week, watch Newcastle versus Liverpool, Arsenal versus Man United, and eight other |
| 0:26.0 | Premier League games. |
| 0:28.2 | It's on Prime. |
| 0:30.7 | And welcome back, folks, to another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider, a little bit |
| 0:34.8 | of a holiday break that we went on, a holiday hiatus. |
| 0:38.3 | Michigan basketball wasn't on a hiatus, though, played over the holiday break and played really well, |
| 0:45.2 | pushed their record to now 9-0 undefeated the Wolverines, the only undefeated team in the Big Ten, |
| 0:52.5 | now a top 10 team. |
| 0:56.6 | And glad to be back with you in the new year. I'm glad to be back with my man, my guy, Tim McCormick, former Michigan basketball standout, NBA first round draft pick, and now doing great things on the broadcast trail, both with Fox Sports Detroit covering the Pistons, a ESPN college |
| 1:11.2 | basketball, and listen of course on this podcast, Tim, happy new year, my man. |
| 1:15.7 | Happy New Year. |
| 1:17.1 | I hope you had a great holiday. |
| 1:18.5 | I know you spent some time with your family, and it's just a great time to recharge. |
| 1:23.9 | And one of the things that really got me excited over the holidays, I think it's a time for reflection and appreciation and looking forward to the new year. |
| 1:35.6 | I'm tired of 2020. |
| 1:37.2 | Right. |
| 1:37.3 | And I'm ready for good stuff coming. |
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