The Great Dick Vitale, Plus Eric Bossi's Mega Recruiting Update - Michigan Basketball Insider
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Tim McCormick and Sam Webb discuss Michigan's expected return from its in athletic activities, then are joined by the great Dick Vitale for an in-depth interview covering his storied career in coaching and broadcasting. Vitale reflects upon the greatest players he has seen, the great Michigan players he has seen, discusses how this year's Wolverines stack up with the nation's best teams, and more. Then Sam has a recruiting chat with 247Sports national recruiting analyst Eric Bossi about commitments Caleb Houstan and Moussa Diabate, targets Jett Howard, Jarace Walker, Charles Bediako, Efton Reid, Dug McDaniel, Mark Mitchell, and Aidan Shaw.
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| 0:15.1 | And we are back for another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider. |
| 0:18.7 | This is sort of filling the basketball gap for me, |
| 0:22.9 | and I'm sure it is for a lot of you out there with Michigan on pause right now. |
| 0:27.6 | Just really missing the guys, missing the team, missing the run that they're on. But you will |
| 0:32.2 | never miss us. We are scheduled to be here. So Tim McCormick and I are back for another edition |
| 0:37.3 | of the Michigan Basketball Insider, Tim, |
| 0:39.6 | one of the all-time greats here at the University of Michigan, standout basketball player, |
| 0:43.6 | first round draft pick, NBA veteran, got into the broadcast business after that, |
| 0:49.2 | has been shining there ever since, whether it's analysis on Pistons broadcast on Fox Sports Detroit or a color commentator |
| 0:56.9 | when it comes to college basketball wears a lot of hats. But the, you know, the one that I like |
| 1:01.4 | to tout the most is he's my guy. He's my friend. Tim, how are you? I'm good, Sam, but I need your help in a |
| 1:06.7 | big way. I'm having a little Michigan basketball withdrawal. I need an infusion. It's been, |
| 1:11.4 | what, 12 or 13 days? I need to talk some M hoops right now. And I am so hopeful that the team can |
| 1:19.3 | get back in the gym very soon. I'm a little bit disappointed. There hasn't been more transparency |
| 1:26.3 | about the whole process. You know, |
| 1:29.2 | how is the variant strain affecting the other programs at Michigan and has it spread? I wish I |
| 1:37.3 | knew because we're all just curious for sure, but it can't be good for the players to not be in the |
| 1:44.1 | gym. |
| 1:44.7 | And that worries me a little bit. |
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