# Ep. 1145:  Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball, football and the BOT, and Hinch, Harris and the Tigers

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Podcast: [Couch and The Rube](https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-814836)
Published: 2026-06-01T18:52:02+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5877

## Resource

We dug into our takes and yours — the Tigers' and A.J. Hinch and Scott Harris, on MSU football and the Spartans' recruiting momentum, MSU basketball and the center position, the mess with MSU's president and board of trustees, the most hated prominent MSU figures, the Pistons and Wemby regret, and more.

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