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You Better You Bet

John Fanta's National Title Game Preview

You Better You Bet

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Sports

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

NBC's John Fanta joins the show to break down his thoughts on tonight's National Championship game between Michigan and UConn.

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0:00.0

PVA.org We were laughing.

0:26.1

He played the second half like a 30-year-old at the YMCA,

0:30.6

and a really good 38-year-old at the YMCA.

0:33.6

So whatever version of Yaxil we get,

0:36.3

it's going to be somebody that helps us play better basketball.

0:41.3

Now, back to You Better You Bet, with Nick Costos on Westwood One Sports.

0:47.5

Ah, the voice of Michigan coach Dusty May.

0:51.2

I like how we're doing this thing where it's like, yeah, Lack Axel wasn't really that great when he came back.

0:55.4

Like, yeah, he's limping a little bit.

0:57.0

He didn't look 100% healthy.

0:58.3

Also, like he was awesome as Michigan absolutely annihilates Arizona this past Saturday night.

1:06.7

John Henta from NBC Sports will join us in just a few moments to break down the national title game.

1:11.4

But as it stands right now at our show sponsor, BetMGM, Michigan holding as a six and a half point favorite.

1:17.1

The total's actually been bet up a little bit.

1:19.0

We're at 145 and a half right now at BetMGM.

1:21.9

To me, if the total keeps going up and we high-scoring game tonight in the Natty.

1:28.3

I think that is going to be very bad news for the Connecticut Huskies.

1:32.6

I think if Yukon is going to win this game tonight, it's going to be because the defense has been great,

1:38.5

and that Yukon was making some shots and is able to dictate the pace of the game and slow the game down.

1:44.6

Michigan, with its 91-point effort on Saturday night against Arizona, when Michigan could

1:49.4

have scored 110 if it really wanted to, Michigan becoming the first team in the history of the

1:55.3

NCAA tournament to score at least 90 points in five NCAA tournament games.

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