North Carolina Tar Heels

North Carolina is making new head coach Michael Malone the second-highest-paid coach in college basketball, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Some losses are understandable in the NCAA tournament. Others will haunt us forever (see: Duke). We rank them all.

Evan, Canty, & Michelle discuss if UConn is still the premier college basketball program in the nation despite losing the title game last night. Could Dusty May one day be an NBA HC? One of our colleagues was very shocked at UNC's new hire...and so are we. Canty's Best Bet & UnSportsmanLike Moments of the Day: Luke Murray will be a good coach because he's bald! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan, Canty, & Michelle explain how Michigan won the title playing UConn's game and Seth Greenberg calls in to tell us if five transfer starters could become a trend. Canty's Power Rankings: Top 5 Masters Moments, including one from just last year. I'm Over It: The Dodgers are disrespecting their 81-year-old season ticket holder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evan, Canty, & Michelle discuss Michigan's 69-63 win over UConn to cap off a dominant title run. What can we learn from how their team is built? UNC now has an ex-NFL and ex-NBA coach helming their programs and Mike Tannenbaum joins the show to explain why Lamar Jackson showing up at voluntary workouts is just the first step for the Ravens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pete Thamel, Dan Wetzel, and ESPN college basketball insider break down Michigan holding off UConn to win the NCAA national title. They talk about what went wrong for the Huskies and how Michigan won in the paint. Then the guys dive into UNC hiring Mike Malone just hours before the transfer portal opens and his challenge of building a roster. Plus, they discuss NCAA tournament expansion and whether it actually makes the sport better. 0:00 - Welcome 0:30 - Michigan holds off UConn, wins NCAA title 5:04 - UConn’s costly mistakes: Free throws, Turnovers 9:19 - Michigan wins behind bigs in the paint 12:47 - Michigan’s Dusty May could’ve coached at Indiana? 16:18 - Michigan’s roster moves pay off 21:59 - UNC to hire ex-NBA coach Mike Malone 23:58 - UNC hires Mike Malone just before transfer portal opens 28:20 - Why is the transfer portal open now and not in May? 30:44 - UNC’s Mike Malone is set to build a roster on the fly 37:59 - NCAA tournament is expanding from 68 to 76 teams 44:55 - Can there be too many portal transfers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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