Newcomers Shine Through Early Sloppiness; Howard & Livers Leave Heated Exchange Behind - Michigan Basketball Insider

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🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Sam Webb and Tim McCormick break down Michigan's season opening victories over Bowling Green and Oakland, highlighting the strong performances of newcomers Mike Smith and Hunter Dickinson. The duo also dissects the areas of concern from the first two contests, including the slow start by Franz Wagner. The breakdown concludes with a discussion of the meaning behind the heated challenge Juwan Howard issued to Isaiah Livers. This week's interview guest is early-eighties Michigan standout Richard Rellford.

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0:00.0	And we are back for another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider, Sam Webb with my friend.
0:05.7	Well, I mean, I give so many descriptions.
0:08.0	I've never said.
0:08.6	I'm trying to do something different.
0:09.5	So former McDonald's All-American, a guy who headed up the NBA Players Association running the top 100 camp.
0:17.4	And of course, you hear him on various basketball broadcast from helping with the
0:22.3	analysis of Detroit Pistons to also getting into the college basketball commentary over on ESPN.
0:28.7	I'm talking about my friend, Tim McCormick. Tim, how are you, my man? I'm good. And I want
0:33.6	this to be a college football free zone. I don't want to talk any football. I want to focus
0:38.3	just on basketball. And I have to tell you, I am so glad that it started. I started very well,
0:45.1	relatively speaking. I know 50 schools have temporarily shut down their program, including some really
0:52.6	big names like Baylor and Oklahoma and Tennessee and
0:56.9	Syracuse. But Michigan is playing. They're taking care of business. And I'm so happy.
1:02.0	Yeah. So Tim, before we dive into Michigan, they have two games under their belts now.
1:06.9	I kind of want to get your broad brush take on just the opening of the season and what you thought of other Big Ten teams before we dive into the maze and blue.
1:16.4	How did the rest of the Big Ten sort of strike you in their opening action?
1:20.7	Yeah, I had an unbelievably satisfying holiday over Thanksgiving because I watched a ton of Big Ten basketball.
1:29.3	The league deserves a ton of credit.
1:32.1	Everybody has played except Northwestern.
1:34.8	They open up on Wednesday, but I think the Big Ten is awesome.
1:37.6	I've watched most of the teams, and this is the best league top to to bottom, that I have ever seen anywhere.
1:48.2	Like, 14 teams, seven of the 14 are ranked, and Big Ten teams are 26 and two.
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