# Ep. 1130: Hot Take Monday blues: MSU bows out of every NCAA tournament, while Michigan rolls on

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Podcast: [Couch and The Rube](https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-780757)
Published: 2026-03-30T19:56:46+00:00
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Duration seconds: 8189

## Resource

We dug into our takes and yours — on Michigan State basketball and hockey bowing out of the NCAA tournament, one frustratingly but expectedly, the other in epic and crushing fashion, on where MSU hoops goes from here roster-wise, whether Tom Izzo will do what needs to be done, on Michigan's run in basketball and hockey and women's basketball, and that tough dynamic for MSU fans, and more.

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