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The Mega Men’s Hoops Preview with Alex Cook

The men tip off the regular season this evening at 6:30 ET against a frisky Buffalo team that should provide a tougher test than the average opener. Alex and I went position by position through Michigan’s roster, took a guess at how the rotation will look, and made our Big Ten predictions after going through the league from bottom to top.

Did we give Nebraska a little too much respect?

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November 10th 2021

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Who’s to say, really.

The Bucket Problem

Hoops 2021-22: Two Exhibitions, Three Takeaways Each

Both the men’s and women’s basketball programs played exhibition games last week. Given the soporific nature of the football team’s win over Indiana, I’d much rather write about hoops today, even if it regards games that didn’t count against Wayne State and Grand Valley State. This is called “playing the hits…

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Indiana Review, Penn State Preview, and More with Dan and Connor

Connor Southard and Dan joined the weekly football pod to briefly go over that boring-ass Indiana game, look ahead to Penn State, curse a little too much about Big Ten officiating (sorry, that was me, earmuffs warning in the first few minutes), make our picks for this weekend’s games, and more.

Tune in to find out the context of the title!