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Arizona Michigan, the best two teams in the country are set to do battle in the Final Four

for a spot in the title game.

Can Arizona win again?

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Today on the show, I'll set the table for Arizona and Michigan.

Breakdown each team's season, where advantages could lie for each side,

and what matchups to watch, and how great this game will be.

So let's dive right in.

Firstly, I think these are the best two teams of the country,

and it's not just because they made the Final Four and Duke did not.

I have believed all season long that Arizona and Michigan are 1A and 1B.

I think that Duke was a step below because they were so dependent on one single player

in Arizona and Michigan have elite depth,

but also NBA talents on the roster, and you could argue more NBA talents,

and I would argue that.

These are the two most talented rosters in the country.

They're very well coached, and they're both enormous,

and they lead on offense and on defense.

I am a little bit bummed that this game isn't the title game,

but I adore that we get to see it.

This is just the fifth time, as a college basketball fan,

just the fifth time ever that two teams have met in the Final Four with 35 plus wins.

And this one's even more impressive because it's the Final Four,

and it's not the championship.

Meaning there was one fewer time to try to get that 35th win.

So the hype is real, it's palpable, it's awesome.

And as soon as the bracket came out,

I felt pretty confident we would see this matchup.

I mentioned the bracket over here,

I felt like Michigan had the best drop of anyone.

I thought it was annoying that Arizona was on the same side as Michigan,

because Frank, they would rather play Duke,

even though Duke beat Michigan.

The other part about this is I think Arizona had a better resume than Duke

and Duke with the number one overall seed,

but you know what, doesn't matter now.

I'm excited to see this matchup,

like I said, I wish it were the final game of the season,

because I think it deserves to be that.

But the hype is real.

These two teams are the best teams in the country,

and in my opinion, the best teams to play in the Final Four,

and the most equally matched teams,

to play in the Final Four in quite some time.

I think the only other game recently

that's kind of had this appeal where I'm like,

oh yeah, these are the best two teams in the country by far,

and they're going to meet in the Final Four,

and I felt confident throughout the year,

would be Baylor Gonzaga.

And that was in 2021.

But the thing is, I felt more separated, those two teams,

than these two.

I was all in them Baylor that year.

I thought their ball pressure was unbelievable.

I thought Gonzaga didn't have quite the testing,

the seasoning that Baylor did by playing the Big 12.

Arizona and Michigan play more similarly than those two teams,

or build more similarly in my opinion,

I have a more similar level.

These two teams, while they both embody modern basketball,

with size, and just modern and taking apart analytics,

and deciding, yeah, this is how we're going to maximize

our output with analytics.

They both embody it.

They both have up and coming coaches

who are kind of new to their program,

and they do all those things well,

but they approach it differently.

And I'm so excited to see that.

Both of these teams are enormous.

Both are elite and offensive defense.

They have a different approach on how to defend,

and how to score.

For philosophically, they are very different,

but they have the same roster recruiting,

and building of a roster pitch.

They're going to be huge at every position.

They're going to play fairly quickly.

Arizona and Michigan are separated by a smidge

in according to the analytics,

and they're built very similarly

according to the analytical profiles.

Firstly, they're both massive defensively.

They're even better than they are offensively,

where both are top 10.

They both have multiple bigs,

and they have a nice mix of new faces

that's not so typical.

Arizona, of course, you know,

they're starting life as three freshmen.

Usually that's a huge storyline going into March.

This team can't win, because they're built on freshmen.

Well, Koa, Pete, and Brayden Burries,

in the sweet 16, and 23, and 21.

Burries are 23, Pete, with 21.

Koa let all stores with 20 in the elite,

it got the most outstanding player.

The region, Burries, was honored, of course, as well.

And then there's the Axel, who's 24,

but he's new to Michigan.

Adai Mara from UCLA, new to Michigan.

Maraz Johnson from Illinois, new to Michigan.

And then, of course, you have some holdovers

like Kriva Awesome Bradley,

and Michigan's case, not too many holders,

and Mara and Burdenets that have been there for a little bit,

but there are veterans on the team,

on that team that make them formidable.

It's a nice mix.

You don't see that too much in college basketball,

where there's a mix of how this team is comprised.

And I think what the benefit of NIL is,

you can pay for a team with great depth,

you can pay for a team that resembles exactly

how you want to coach, and both these teams have broadsters

that embody how these coaches want to play,

and it embodies current modern basketball,

and they're very hard to beat.

That's why these teams have been the best throughout the season.

Usually, there's more ebbs and flows.

These two have been the best all season long,

and it's a joy that they get to meet.

This is how similar these teams are.

Arizona's 0.6 points per 100 possessions,

better in offense, and Michigan's 0.6 points

per 100 possessions, better on defense.

Basically, dead either.

Michigan scores 49% of their points from two,

32 from three, shooting 37% from three,

and they shoot a lot more threes than Arizona does.

Defensively, Michigan holds teams

to a nation's best effective field goal percentage,

holding teams to 31% from three,

and 44% from two, Arizona is right up there on defense.

And to me, the way I boil it down for you

in terms of an overview, this would be an unbiased overview.

Obviously, I'm rooting for Arizona,

and I've watched my Arizona,

but to me, Arizona's the most consistent

great team in the country,

that their pendulum doesn't swing as far

in either direction, that they're really good,

really good, but their bad doesn't really deviate.

Michigan, I think, has the highest level of very good.

When they're rocking and rolling,

they're elite, and frankly,

they are almost untouchable when they're rolling.

However, they are more touchable on more nights

than Arizona is.

Arizona just wears teams down,

and no one can stay with them for as long as 40 minutes is.

And when Arizona's been healthy, they have not lost.

They're extremely consistent.

They are physically overwhelming.

They have multiple guys that can get out and score.

Michigan's similar in that regard.

And even when Michigan hasn't been their best,

they've eaked out wins because, well, quite frankly,

their best doesn't always need it

because they have an all of it,

first team all American, the Axel-Anneberg.

They have arguably a lottery talent in a big man

who's one of the best room protection in the country,

who also orchestrates their offense

at seven foot three in a dimarrow.

They have, more as Johnson, who in his own regard

could be an all American caliber player

if he weren't flanked by two others.

And that's their front court alone.

They have multiple guards.

They did lose a guard in LJ Grayson

and their depth has been thinned.

But this team is a juggernaut.

They just have days where their shots not fall as much,

they still play the same way,

and you could live in that by the three.

In some days, they're more vulnerable than others.

We'll get to that in a little bit.

But like I said, Arizona's the most consistent team this season,

and they have a gear that they get to that very few can touch.

Michigan has a gear that may even be better

than Arizona's top gear,

but their main gear doesn't quite go as fast as Arizona's.

These teams are elite.

And frankly, the only team I feared all season

has been the Michigan Wolverines.

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Not much separates these two juggernaut statistically.

I told you guys that a moment of time,

I told you guys that a moment ago, Arizona and Michigan,

just about identical and offensive defensive efficiency,

they are the top two teams in the country.

They have been from much of the season

that regard Duke of course floated back and forth

in their Arizona, had nine straight weeks

as the number one team in the country.

That was the most of the season.

Michigan was right there for a while,

Duke had a brief stay.

Those have been the three best teams,

but these have been the best two.

They have more options,

and I want to familiarize you with the options.

And I'll try to give you some differences.

Both these teams will start with a similarity.

They are both juggernauts,

they're both very difficult to beat.

They have both won by about 22 points per game

in this tournament.

Each of them are predictable in a sense

that they take away the rim

and they score well inside due to their size.

Michigan is slightly more reliant on three

as the Arizona,

and they like to get out and score and transition

more frequently,

and that's what makes them their best.

Both teams will try to win the games on the glass,

and the other tends to impose their will

and rebounding as well.

So what that means to me is that probably

you're gonna get to a stalemate on the glass.

You know, it could be wrong.

Purdue was great on the glass for a half,

Arizona was great on the glass for a half,

Arizona plus eight to finish.

Arizona though, here's a difference.

They are more bashful shooting threes.

You guys know this.

They don't shoot a ton of them.

They beat Florida by only shooting five threes

and making two.

They scored 90 plus on numerous games

without making more than two threes.

Arizona made five threes against Purdue,

shot 15, they hardly shot any threes

and five eight and scored a hundred 90

against Arkansas.

Michigan's going to take threes,

and that's what makes them so explosive

is that they can get stops in a hurry

and they can get a lot of them against Tennessee

and the elite eight.

Tennessee was leading early in that game.

Tennessee was scoring hard shots.

They were getting extra possessions,

but then Michigan started hitting threes

and the game was over in a blink of the eye.

Arizona's more hardworking kind of blue collar.

They have to ground and pound you.

Michigan just has a flash in the pan.

When they get going, they get going.

And Michigan is not bashful shooting threes

and sometimes they hurt them.

They have these stretches where they're not as good.

They make their kill shot runs,

which are 10-0 runs according to Evan Mia,

and very frequently they have the most kill shots

in the country.

Arizona, excuse me, they have the most biggest kill shots.

They have a lot of 10-0s

and they have the most of where it gets to beyond 10-0

and it gets to 15 and 20.

Arizona has the most kill shots in the country.

And they have a more workman-like approach

to wearing teams out.

And eventually they wear teams out.

They lead for a while and they finish games

leading by 12 against Utah State,

by 15 against Purdue, despite adversity

of both those games.

Here's the difference.

I think Michigan can shoot themselves out of a game

but they can also shoot components

out of the game themselves with shooting the threes

and they always keep themselves in and up

because of defense as a lead.

Arizona, they impose their will

and try to score in the paint.

And Arizona will still have to score in the paint

despite the size and depth of Michigan.

Arizona's done well against big teams

against Florida, co-op, Pete had 30.

Against Purdue, playing two bigs,

Arizona, the second half imposed their will

got downhill and scored.

Michigan's athletes are different

than the athletes of Purdue.

They're quicker, they're bigger, they're better athletes.

But I want to take a deep dive

at looking at personnel.

I'll just go position by position.

Jayden Bradley, a point guard.

There's an advantage for Arizona against Eli Kado.

Michigan's Elliott Kado has shouldered a heavy load

especially since LJK since injury.

He tore his ACL against Wisconsin

and he's been averaging 34 minutes per game

and might have been against Illinois.

I think it was against Illinois.

Anyway, he got injured late in the season

and he faces a massive test in Jayden Bradley.

Jayden Bradley, big 12 player of the year, clutch steps in.

I wouldn't be surprised if Arizona

tries to force turnovers.

Elliott Kado is a turnover from guard

who's also had some weak moments of March Madison

as fast where he got what's called dorked.

Meaning that he was dared to shoot

against Alabama a couple years ago

in his North Carolina teams of one seat

and he couldn't shoot the ball at all

and they hurt them.

He got revenge in this game against

former guy who tore him into the game

in that regard in eight and eight oats.

They played and he talked his talk and they won.

But I think there's an advantage

and it's distinct to one of the most important positions

on the court for Arizona.

Now the two guard, Bradenburg is a far better player

than the Murray Brunette,

but the Murray Brunette plays his role excellently.

Defensively inclined guard with size

runs the floor hits open shots.

They also have Roddy Gale

and Tray McKinney out the bench in the back court.

So they have a lot of depth

and they're very physically imposing

at every spot except for Elliott Kado.

Now this is where they get become enormous.

The Axel Enderberg was the first team of all American

and we always talk about Yvonne being a huge tree.

The Axel is 23 and a half, like nearly 24 years old.

And he talks a lot and I personally just don't like Yaxel.

I find him irritating.

I don't like the way he talks in his pressers

and I think it's in a church considering how old he is.

But regardless, he is a very, very impactful player

and he has stepped up

and he does two things exceptionally well that I admire.

In big games, he often guards the best player.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him guard Jaden Bradley.

I won't be surprised to see him guard Bradenburgs.

I won't be surprised to see him guard Copie.

So he's extremely versatile

and he can guard those different guys

and then he gets out and run.

He has guard skills and use physicality

to punish smaller defenders.

The other thing he does really well

is recently he's been shooting the ball very well.

He and Yvonne are, I don't think those two will match up

but obviously I think Karchenka was awesome.

I love him and I think they're both NBA players

but Yaxel Enderberg has the advantage there.

More as Johnson and Copie, more as Johnson's a freak.

He's an amazing athlete, can jump out of the gym

is a tremendous rebounder Copie in big games.

I would argue Arizona in the biggest of the big games

that they've relied heaviest on Copie.

Florida, big troll championship against Houston.

He shows up and delivers in those big game.

Mr. Arizona is a four time state champ, four time USA.

The guy knows how to win and shows up big time in big games

and he'll need to do so again,

but against more as Johnson, against Yaxel Enderberg,

he won't necessarily have a physical strength to manage

nor a speed advantage as much because these guys

are just as much of mod stars

if we were gonna go with a movie reference

as Arizona's front court.

And then there's a Daimara on Kumo Kreebos.

These guys are as similar as they can be.

Kreebos and Mara, both tremendous touch,

both good in the post, great at defending,

they can guard in space, they can take away the rim.

And Arizona's reliance, the rim is scary in the sense of,

yes, they're going to get there and try to score in the rim

but there's also the issue that a Daimara can really

change shots just like Mo Kreebos does for Arizona

and Michigan will try to make Arizona shoot different shots.

That could happen.

It's like a legitimate possibility

whereas no other team in the country

has been able to take Arizona from the rim

when fully healthy.

I'm not saying Michigan will, but it's possible.

Arizona must score inside at nearly a normal rate

to win this game.

Maybe they need to hit a couple extra threes, of course,

but they need to score inside a similar rate

to win this game because the math,

then if they do not, favors Michigan

because they are very good three point shooting team

and they certainly are not bashful to do so.

I do think that one important factor will be

which big can stay out of Falchro.

Mara got in Falchro against Tennessee.

It just didn't matter because they don't have the horses to score.

Arizona's got the best depth of talent in the country.

I think they're whole starting five

or NBA players next year if they want to be.

I think there's a world Kreebos and Karchenko come back.

Michigan probably not quite that same level of talent

but the Axle will be a lottery pick.

I think Mara has an outside case

to be a lottery pick or a top 20 pick.

And then of course, you look at Mora's Johnson

who I think can be an all-American next year if he returns.

I don't think their guards are quite as good as Arizona

and that's where guards and guard play really matter in March.

Late in the game, I trust Burries and Bradley Moore

that I do Elliot could do.

I think Arizona has more heavily talented players

but Michigan has a few more athletic guys

and I think that their pop plays,

I'm not saying point,

paint oriented points in this case,

but just those flashy plays and those athleticism

that Michigan has is slightly favorite in their direction.

Michigan is a rough rugged team that pressures them

but makes them great is when they run and score.

Arizona cannot let them do so

and I think Arizona needs their guards to be stars,

absolute stars to win this basketball game.

Arizona will have to limit live ball turnovers

and I would dare if I'm making keys early

and I'll have other episodes to this.

I would dare Kado and Burnett to beat me

and trust the size of the front court to keep pace

because that's what Arizona has done all season long.

Coming up next, I'll give you my thoughts

on the elite eight wins from both these teams

and their seasons as a whole.

That and a little more on the preview side

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I think this game has the makings for a classic.

And if Arizona puts the onus on Michigan's guards

in a rare situation to try to carry the load

and take the ball away from the hands

of the waiting transition baskets for a yaxle,

the second chance points that Maurez Johnson

and Adyemara live for.

Those guys are vulnerable.

And my biggest area is a differential like I alluded to

is Michigan's spurred ability

and their three points shooting up and down.

So they can shoot themselves into a game

but they can also shoot themselves out of a game

but they can also shoot you out of a game.

And they tend to shoot you out of the game

because they're defensive suspect active.

Controlling the pain of this game,

it is the name of the game.

Because Arizona threw through four games

and throughout this season,

before games of March Madness,

they shot over 130 free throws.

And they went 20 and 22 against Purdue

and that was the fewest they'd taken.

They shoot a ton of free throws.

They dominate the interior.

Well, spoiler, as does Michigan.

So who can impose their will and live into line

more in this game will really matter.

Who can get the bigs into foul trouble?

Who can put rim pressure into foul pressure?

That's what Arizona does so well, Michigan

as the tools to make it difficult.

Arizona has a steadier baseline level

and that's been unreal all season.

But you've seen it and felt to this week and year.

There really are to be, but Michigan,

they have a few dips,

they have some shooting issues to drop them.

They also have a level

that's really hard to beat.

Now, so I've said that a couple times

and I want that to be reiterated.

But here's an example.

Arizona shot 120 free throws in four games.

There at Michigan, malls, teams around the rim,

denying them all those things,

make their shoot hard shots.

Tennessee was playing as good a basketball as anyone.

They didn't have the horses though.

They didn't have the depth of talent that Arizona does.

They don't have the depth of talent that Michigan does.

And Tennessee was up early.

They were playing well.

And then Michigan ran them out of gym.

And it wasn't so much that they got hot.

They got hot for a stretch,

so they was really their defense overwhelms them.

Then they played Alabama.

Alabama shot well, having a slight lead,

just like St. Louis started well against Michigan.

But what happens is those teams don't have the depth of talent,

the depth of athletes, the Michigan does,

and they ran them away.

Both these teams have similar recipes.

Arizona played a tight game against your tough state.

They're up 18, then they're up four,

and then they finished up 12.

They beat the brakes off of Arkansas.

They played a tight game against Purdue

where they trailed by seven and a half, but one by 15.

These type of teams are juggernauts.

And I'm trying to go through the losses for Michigan.

And the three losses for Michigan, of course, Arizona is two.

And you guys know all about them.

I think they have not lost the season

while being healthy.

And the two losses that they did have there,

basically even in rebounds,

and they had very few paint points.

The three losses for Michigan,

I'll have three, a couple of things in common.

One, they played against teams that can control pace

and did not turn the ball over frequently

in Wisconsin, Duke, and Purdue.

And those games, those teams hit threes.

Those are the stats.

Arizona, I think, will need to hit more threes

than their customers are doing.

It's not the usual recipe,

but you gotta step up in games where it's needed.

Wisconsin hit a million threes.

They actually hit a ton of threes in big-ton tournament

and barely lost to Michigan.

Duke, they didn't hit a ton of threes,

but what they did is controlled the glass

and they controlled the pace.

It was totally on Duke's terms.

Purdue, we saw what they do really well.

They don't turn the ball over.

Purdue doesn't turn the ball over

and Michigan couldn't get out and run.

And the first time they met,

they did control the pace.

They won by 11.

And it was kind of a similar story.

That they were ahead

and they were just too big, too physical, too strong

for Purdue.

But the second time, Braden Smith stepped up,

had a lot of assists,

Fletcher lawyer, Sword,

Trey Coffman, when it was great.

That big threes formidable.

Arizona felt it,

but they just outmaned them out,

athleteed them in the second half

and were just too forceful going through them.

Arizona, I don't think,

can be as forcefully dominant in attacking the rack.

Of course, they can place sharply in Duke

and score going to the rim,

man on man and just be great

because they have NBA athletes.

They have skilled players.

But it's going to take some scripted place,

some three point shooting

and some special, special shot making

from different guys.

Because I think this team is just about as hard to beat

as Arizona is respectively.

Because Arizona, you only beat

if you can shoot over the top

of their excellent defense.

Or you can minimize their amazing offense

where they could have 90 pop points in one game,

points in the paint plus free throws made.

These are all things

and that didn't even feel like out of character.

Of course, the game was sped up,

but they were getting the same shots

they always get against bad defenses.

Arizona and Michigan are going to bring

the best out of one another.

Michigan's guards aren't as good as Arizona's,

but their guards out the bench, shoot the ball well.

They'll need to be huge.

Arizona, I think they'll need more of Anthony Delorso.

They played a short rotation.

You see more and more of CarChanko.

I think you're gonna need extra shot making.

I think you're going to need Tobaya Waka

to be amazing in this game.

And I'm not saying he has to play huge minutes,

but you just need to be so good in this game,

the high leverage stakes of this one.

My gut tells me that Arizona's superior back court

should shine when it matters most

and condone Burnett do not wow me whatsoever.

But I'll need more time to preview

and go through stats and keys,

to find keys to the game with course grinding statistics.

The line right now, Michigan fair by one, one and a half,

my gut likes Arizona Wildcats.

I just think the DeMor dependable team

with better back court and a more veteran leadership,

a team that's more connected

and it has fewer up to the downs,

has to be favorite.

And again, it's also played in football stadium

where shooting usually is harder

and a team that shoots more is Michigan.

I've got Arizona right now.

Of course, I usually will say that

because they're really good.

It's not time to ingratiate myself

and try to make picks just to make you guys happy.

But they're great.

It's a great team.

So that picks always been a smart one.

This one said one of the most true toss of thriss.

Like I said, pity this isn't the championship game

but how privileged we are to see the final four

and see these two Titanic teams match up.

Thank you guys for tuning in to Lockdown Wildcats today.

Tomorrow's show is a fun one.

I got Reggie Geary coming on the show

to react to the season that has been

and is still going,

plus here is his thoughts on playing Michigan.

So tuning in,

former Arizona Wildcat Reggie Geary,

current commentator,

we'll talk about the ball

that the Wildcats will play heading into the final four.

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