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Things discussed:
- Michigan ends up seeded below MSU but with a more favorable draw.
- Last Michigan team that faced UNC was a very different team than a hypothetical rematch in the Sweet 16.
- Montana preview: The best 14 seed sure, but shut down their point guard and you’re in business.
- Don’t look past Houston, though. Ed’s numbers favor Houston and people are emailing. They can catch fire from three—Michigan’s ability to run them off the line makes us a bad matchup for them.
- Houston’s path to an upset is defense and getting hot from three. But they’re a small team so Michigan should be able to beat them in the paint.
- Virginia: how much does losing the 6th man of the year affect them?
- Callers: Angry Steve. Angry Phil.
- In-Studio: Angry Craig.
- Auburn is playing like there’s no tomorrow, because there’s no tomorrow.
- Don’t like playing against zones because Michigan just stares at them before they figure out how to shoot, and we don’t have a lot of rise-up shooters on this team.
- Around the brackets: How does Zona start two 7-footers and not be close to a top 50 defense? 1 seed Xavier is not favored vs 4 seed Gonzaga—do we believe it? Sam like Zona.
- First round games: Butler is the easy pick. Would you ever take a 10% sixteen seed?
- Who’s the last Teske that Michigan’s had? Craig starts to talk about the worst officiating call in the history of the Big Ten.
- When will teams start playing Z dishonestly? If they haven’t already there’s a there there.
- Final Fours: Brian: UNC-Duke, Craig: Cincy-Xavier-Purdue-Duke, Ed: Nova-Cincy
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Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
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