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First Take

Hour 2: Is This Michigan's Best Basketball Team Ever?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

First Take resumes with Michigan's best basketball team ever...maybe? Is it possible the GOAT UMich team is one that never even won the championship? (0:00) Then, what is Giannis's trade value right now? Is it worse or better off than what it was at the trade deadline? (16:20) Next, Mike Malone looks to lead UNC back to the glory days of Jerry Stackhouse, James Worthy, and Brady Manek! (30:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.1

Here's our ESPN hockey night double header filled with playoff positioning implications.

0:36.3

Jack Hughes and the Devils.

0:41.5

Host the flyers tonight at 7 Eastern, then Connor McDavid and the Oilers take on the Manmit. Coverage drops at the point at 6 Eastern on ESPN 2.

0:48.2

Yukon, Michigan, with a title on the line. Roddy Gail Jr. Flying out of nowhere.

0:54.7

The lead favors Michigan.

0:59.0

Michigan.

1:00.3

Michigan start to take control a little bit.

1:08.9

Michigan, the 2026 men's basketball national champions.

1:16.6

The Michigan Wolverines are kings of the college basketball world after defeating Yukon 69-63 last night.

1:28.5

The title was the first for Michigan's program since 1989 and the first for the Big Ten conference as a whole since 2000.

1:35.4

Michigan coach Dusty May joined our show earlier and talked about what was the key to Michigan's title run.

1:42.2

The different guy stepped up every single night.

1:44.8

It wasn't as if, and you saw us to Duke game, and we were in position to win,

1:48.3

credit to them for getting it done.

1:50.0

But in that game, L.A. Kado didn't have its best performance.

1:54.5

And since then, he's been amazing.

1:56.7

But literally every game, I think we had eight or nine different leading scores this year

2:00.5

in different games.

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