Like father, like son. Patrick Beilein, the son of Michigan basketball coach John Beilein, was hired as head basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan, a Division II school in Buckhannon, W.V., on Sunday. The college confirmed the hiring in a news release. "I have always wanted to be a head ...
It's been a rather intense offseason for John Beilein and the Michigan basketball program. Trey Burke almost left, three players opted to transfer and two more recruits have joined the ranks. Intense, no doubt. But strange? No, not really. "I think it's more like the way the business is right ...
Would a season featuring just one Michigan vs. Michigan State basketball game be a bad thing? If the Big Ten makes it so, then Michigan coach John Beilein says he'll be fine with it. "Either way, there's so many different elements in that scheduling," Beilein told reporters Thursday at the ...
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan made national news this week with his decision to restrict former Badger forward Jarrod Uthoff's ability to transfer to the school of his choosing. Ryan originally put together a list of 26 schools, including the entire Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference, that Wisconsin would not ...
Immediately following the Michigan basketball team's NCAA Tournament loss to Ohio last month, Tim Hardaway Jr. emphatically declared he'd be returning for his junior season. A week later, in an interview with the Detroit News, Tim Hardaway Sr. (currently working as a scout for the Miami Heat) reaffirmed the point, ...
John Beilein is getting used to spring uncertainty. Each of the past three seasons, the Michigan basketball coach has watched underclassmen explore the idea of leaving school early for the NBA (he has a 1-for-3 return-rate now, by the way). This year, Beilein watched as three players -- Evan Smotrycz, ...
For the first time since the season ended, Michigan basketball coach John Beilein made a public comment on his current point guard situation. In a blog post written Thursday on MGoBlue.com, the Michigan athletic department's official website, Beilein addressed the speculation and reports surrounding current Wolverine point guard Trey Burke. ...
The Michigan basketball program took a major step forward this season, but ended the year with a large thud. In the end, does John Beilein see the 2011-12 campaign as a disappointment? "No," Beilein told Yahoo! Sports Radio on Thursday. "Absolutely not."
In a former life, John Beilein's brain would already be in "win, or go home" mode. As a former head coach at NCAA mid-major schools Canisius and Richmond, conference tournament time used to mean everything. "From the world I came from," Beilein said. "Winning the (conference) tournament was the only ...
In June, business executives will have a chance to find out if the trio's strategies for winning on the field can pan out in the boardroom.
If one bracket projection is correct, the Michigan basketball team could face an interesting NCAA tournament path. Jerry Palm's latest CollegeRPI.com bracket projection slots Michigan as a No. 3 seed facing off with No. 14 Drexel in Nashville, Tenn. Joining Michigan in the same Nashville pod? Ex-Michigan coach Steve Fisher ...
Entering the Michigan basketball team's final home game against Purdue last Saturday, emotions were approaching a boil-over point. The Wolverines were prepping for senior night, were a week removed from a nationally-televised upset of Ohio State and less than a week removed from a thrilling overtime win at Northwestern. But ...
For most Michigan basketball fans, Wednesday night's Minnesota-Michigan State game was must-see television. Wolverine fans had plenty of reasons to watch as the Gophers threatened to pull the upset over the Spartans and turn the Big Ten title race on its head in the process. But Michigan coach John Beilein ...
The Big Ten season is nearing a conclusion, and a pair of bosses from the state of Michigan sit toward the top of the league's Coach of the Year conversation.
The phrase "must win" rarely, if ever, enters Michigan basketball coach John Beilein's vocabulary. Especially when it comes to a regular-season contest. But Saturday against No. 6 Ohio State? Well, that's about as close as it comes. "There's a lot of basketball to be played before you say this is ...
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