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DENVER – UC San Diego will walk onto the floor at Ball Arena, home of the NBA champion Denver Nuggets, for the first Division I men’s NCAA Tournament game in school history on Thursday night. Standing across from them at the center circle will be the Michigan Wolverines, playing their 97th game in their 32nd tournament.

Tony and Andrew breakdown the tough first-round challenge for the Wolverine basketball program in the NCAA tournament

UC San Diego wasn’t even allowed in the NCAA Tournament until this season, has four Division II transfers in the starting lineup, and is led by a young man who only played rugby and soccer until he was 14.