GOT OUR FIRST BIG UPSET OF THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT..BUT IT
DOESN'T INVOLVE MICHIGAN OR
MICHIGAN STATE..BECAUSE THEY
HAVEN'T PLAYED YET..THE
WOLVERINES OPEN TONIGHT..THE
SPARTANS TOMORROW..
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AND TO GET YOU READY FOR THOSE
GAMES..24 HOUR NEWS EIGHT IS
ON THE ROAD WITH BOTH TEAMS..
WE'VE GOT YOUR ALL ACCESS
PASS..CASEY JONES IN WICHITA..
LARRY FIGURSKI IN DETROIT..
WE'LL START MICHIGAN..BECAUSE
THEY PLAY FIRST..CASEY
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WHEN YOU LINE THEM UP SIDE BY
SIDE THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR.
BOTH AVERAGING 70 PLUS POINTS
PER GAME.BOTH HOLD THEIR
OPPONENTS IN THE 60S.BUT
MICHIGAN AND MONTANA HAVE
TAKEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT PATHS
TO GET HERE.
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IN FACT ON THE COURT THE ONLY
COMMON OPPONENT THEY COMMON
COURT THE ONLY COMMON OPPONENT
THEY SHARE IS PENN STATE.
MICHIGAN BEAT THE NITTANY
LIONS BY 9 MONTANA LOST BY 13.
THAT THOUGH WAS IN THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND AS
MICHIGAN PREPARED FOR THE
GRIZZLIES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
THEY WATCHED PLENTY OF FILM
AND KNOW THIS IS A HUNGRY
TEAM, WHO WON THREE CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT GAMES TO CLINCH
THEIR BIG DANCE TRIP AND IN
ALL THREE TRAILED IN THE
SECOND HALF DESPITE BEING A
DOUBLE DIGIT
FAVORITE....THERE'S NO
UNDERSELLING MONTANA TO
MICHIGAN.
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LIVERS:WHEN TEAM PRESSURE US
IT TURNS US INTO A BETTER
OFFENSIVE TEAM. WE FIND THE
OPEN MAN, I THINK THAT'S WHENM
WE ARE OUT OUR BESETWAGNER:
THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG BACK
COURT AND GOOD FRONT COURT AS
WELLI THINK THEY HAVE THREE
SENIORSWE CAN'T TAKE THEM AS A
WEAKNESS. THEY CAN PLAY. WE
WANT TO COME PREPARED, THEY'RE
A GOOD TEAM. ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMEN
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TIP OF SET FOR
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9:50 TONIGHT. WE'LL HAVE
HIGHLIGHTS AND LOCKER ROOM
REACTION LIVE HERE FROM
WICHITA TOMORROW MORNING ON
DAYBREAK.YOU KNOW MONTANA
ACTUALLY HAS A STRONGER TIE TO
MSU THAN THEY DO TO MICHIGAN.
AND FOR MORE ON MICHIGAN STATE
WE HEAD TO DETROIT LARRY
FIGURSKI IS FOLLOWING THE
SPARTANS...LARRY?
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THANKS CASEY.
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YES, THE LATE JUDD HEATHCOTE
GOT HIS START AT MONTANA
BEFORE COMING TO MICHIGAN
STATE.LIKE THE WOLVERINES
THERE IN WICHITA, THE SPARTANS
A THREE SEED AND HEAVY
FAVORITE HERE IN DETROIT.BUT
IT IS MARCH MADNESS AND MSU
FANS REMEMBER ALL TOO WELL,
TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE STATE UPSET MICHIGAN
STATE IN THE OPENING ROUND.
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THE SPARTANS VOW THAT WILL NOT
HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, AT
LEAST NOT OVERLOOKING AN
UNDERDOG OPPONENT, PART. BOTH
TEAMS HELD SHOOTAROUNDS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AT LITTLE
CAESARS ARENA.BOTH TEAMS WENT
16-2 IN ROUTE TO CONFERENCE
TITLES AND BOTH LIKE TO PUSH
THE PACE.BUCKNELL , A GOOD
OFFENSIVE TEAM BUT ONE THAT
STRUGGLES REBOUNDING.....AN
MSU STRENGTHa&AND THE SPARTAN
BIGS KNOW THAT IS A BATTLE
THEY MUST WIN, TO WIN THIS
GAME.
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BRIDGES: WE DON'T WANT THEM
TO BE COMFORTABLE TO BE DON'T
WANT THEM BRIDGES: WE
BRIDGES: WE DON'T WANT THEM TO
BE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND
THEY'RE GREAT ON OFFENSE. THEY
AREN'T GOOD ON BOARDS.. HOW
IMPORTANT IS THATTHAT'S GOING
TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS AND
DEFENSIVE GLASS. WE DON'T WANT
TO GIVE THEM ANY SECOND LOOKS.
JACKSON: VERY IMPORTANT,
BECASUE WE KNOW WE HAVE A SIZE
ADVANTAGE AND WE HAVE TO
EXPLOI9T THAT AT ALL TIMES.
WARD: WE HAVE TO USE OUR SIZE
TO OUR ADVANTAGE AND GET ALL
FIVE ON THE BOARDSWINSTON: FOR
A TEAM THAT LIKES TO RUN, I
THINK OUR DEPTH KIND OF HURTS
THEM. THEY LIKE TO GET UP AND
DOWN, THEY LIKE TO SCORE A LOT
OF POINTS, BUT WE LIKE TO PLAY
THAT WAY TOO.01 - MILES BRIDGES
16-20 JAREN JACKSON JR.(NO
BANNER BETWEEN BITES)21-26
NICK WARD(NO BANNER BETWEEN
BITES):27-33 CASSIUS WINSTON
TRT: 33OC: WE CAN PLAY THAT
WAY TOO
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HIGH SCHOOL HOOP...FOR THE
FIRST COLLEGE IS GIRLS STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP...TODAY THE SEMI-
FINALS IN CLASS C