Michigan Basketball Insider - Michigan heading to the Final 4; Will U-M vs Arizona winner win title?
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In the latest episode of The Michigan Basketball Insider, Sam Webb and Tim McCormick discuss Michigan's journey to the Final Four, highlighting the team's dominant victory over Tennessee, and looking ahead to Saturday night’s matchup with Arizona. Tim praises Yaxel Lendeborg’s development into a versatile, clutch player, comparing him to past greats, and labeling him “the best two-way player in Michigan basketball history.” The conversation then turns to the matchup with the Wildcats, where they emphasize the importance of Aday Mara and Morez Johnson Jr avoiding early fouls to remain effective inside. Tim predicts a Michigan win, citing the team's physical dominance, transition game, superior three-point shooting, and notes the roles of Nimari Burnett and Roddy Gayle as potential deciding factors in the outcome. The episode concludes with a look at the other side of the Final Four bracket and a discussion about the best matchup for Michigan.
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| 0:00.0 | All right. We are live on stream. We're live on radio. And five, four, three. |
| 0:07.0 | And welcome back, folks, here to The Michigan Insider on the Big 1050, WTK, online at the big 1050.com. |
| 0:14.1 | And welcome to another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider on all of our social channels on YouTube, on Facebook, on Twitter. |
| 0:25.2 | You know how we get down. |
| 0:26.8 | We love it when we have our guy, Timmy Mack, with us. |
| 0:31.0 | He was a star at Clarkston High School before becoming an outstanding player at the University of Michigan |
| 0:40.2 | and then becoming a first round draft pick and now one of the best basketball commentators |
| 0:46.2 | in the land. But he's just our guy. He's just Timmy Mac. I'm talking about Tim McCormick. Tim, |
| 0:51.2 | how are you doing this morning? I am fantastic. I cannot wait for this |
| 0:55.3 | weekend. I love our team. I've so thoroughly enjoyed every moment of every game. And I'm really |
| 1:03.9 | confident. I like the matchups. And I think that Saturday is going to be an unbelievable game. |
| 1:09.9 | Maybe one of the best games with the most at stake that we've ever seen. |
| 1:13.7 | Yeah, Tim, I got to go back to before the season. |
| 1:17.9 | Like I did with Mike Boynton, with Keene, Ms. Cadeem, coaches on the team who, you know, |
| 1:24.3 | and just by nature, coaches don't boast before the season, not publicly |
| 1:30.2 | anyway. |
| 1:31.7 | You know, they're just a little more reserved. |
| 1:34.2 | Everyone's optimistic, but not saying, hey, we're going to the final weekend. |
| 1:38.8 | But those guys were, it was different with this team. |
| 1:42.9 | And they were talking in those terms about this year and this Michigan basketball team. |
| 1:47.9 | And so, too, Tim, were you. |
| 1:50.8 | And I know you, you don't, you don't boast. |
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