Michigan Basketball Insider - Michigan vs UCONN National Championship Preview (Part 2)
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🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In the latest episode of The Michigan Basketball Insider, Sam Webb and Tim McCormick preview the national championship game between Michigan and Connecticut. Tim begins by highlighting Michigan’s dominant interior defense and improved three-point shooting in its win over Arizona. He praises Aday Mara for significantly raising his draft stock, potentially into the lottery, and credits Elliot Cadeau’s defense as a key factor in the victory. Tim also notes Trey McKenney’s shooting has put the freshman on NBA draft boards. The discussion then shifts to the upcoming matchup with UConn, focusing on Danny Hurley's tactical strengths, Tarris Reed’s development, and Alex Karaban’s versatility. They address Yaxel Lendeborg’s knee and ankle injuries, and discuss strategies to protect him defensively, as well as the possible impact of Solo Ball’s foot injury for UConn. Although both expect a tougher contest than against Arizona, they predict a close Michigan victory.
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| 0:00.0 | We're live on the stream. We're back on radio. And you can take this at the top, by the way, Sam. And five, four, three. And we are back from Michigan Insider on the Big 1050WTK online at the big 1050.com. And we are now live on all the streams with the man we call Timmy Mac. |
| 0:22.7 | Tim McCormick was a star at Clarkston High School back in the day before going to the |
| 0:26.9 | University of Michigan where he became an All-American. |
| 0:29.7 | And then a first round draft pick in the NBA where he played for 10 seasons. |
| 0:33.9 | And now one of the best basketball commentators in all the land you've heard him talk NBA |
| 0:40.6 | of course you hear him doing college basketball now but you also know him from the michigan |
| 0:45.9 | basketball insider where he's with us he's our guy timmy mac tim mic tim mic tic |
| 0:50.3 | how you doing this morning i am fantastic. Today will either be one of the greatest |
| 0:56.0 | days ever or one of the worst. There's no in between. The outcome has to be A or B. I will be |
| 1:02.2 | very happy with A. B, I just may go into a shelf for a while. So listen, Tim, you have been |
| 1:08.6 | bullish on this team all season in a way that I haven't seen |
| 1:13.0 | Tim McCormick be bullish. |
| 1:14.3 | This is Tim McCormick talking on someone and kind of yelling, right? |
| 1:18.4 | This is that Tim McCormick, how bullish you've been on this team. |
| 1:22.2 | And here they are in the national championship game in emphatic fashion blowing out Arizona essentially without their best |
| 1:29.8 | player available for the game. |
| 1:32.2 | I'm curious just on the shock level for you or surprise level for you. |
| 1:36.4 | Where does that one rank? |
| 1:38.2 | Well, I really thought Michigan would win. |
| 1:40.7 | I didn't think they'd be up by 29 at any point. |
| 1:46.9 | The strength of Michigan is their interior defense. The strength of Arizona is their ability to get the ball to the rim. And Michigan's |
| 1:53.5 | size was so dominant. I just thought it was a perfect, it was brilliant basketball what Michigan |
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