Wednesday, July 17, 2013

John Beilein has opportunity to climb on Michigan basketball coaching victories list

How high can John Beilein climb?
The 60-year-old men's basketball coach signed a contract extension at Michigan on Wednesday. He is signed to coach the Wolverines through the 2018-19 season.
Beilein is fourth on the Michigan coaching victories list with 122 at the school.
Johnny Orr leads with 209, followed by Bill Frieder with 191 and Steve Fisher with 181.
Beilein just finished his sixth season as the Wolverines' coach. He led U-M to the national championship game.
Michigan has averaged 20 wins per season under Beilein.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Michigan faces another '1' in NCAA final foe Louisville

John Beilein
Michigan has to defeat a second No. 1 seed in order to win its second NCAA basketball tournament championship.
Coach John Beilein's Wolverines play Louisville, the No. 1 seed from the Midwest Region, in the title game Monday night. U-M was the No. 4 seed in the South Region.
En route to the South championship, Michigan defeated top-seeded Kansas and Florida, the No. 3 seed.
Michigan's other tournament victories came against a 13 seed (South Dakota State), an 8 (Virginia Commonwealth) and a 4 (Syracuse in the Final Four).
Louisville's road to the championship game included wins over a 16 seed (North Carolina A&T), an 8 (Colorado State) a 12 (Oregon) and a 2 (Duke). The Cardinals beat a 9 seed (Wichita State) in the Final Four.
Last year, on its way to the championship, Kentucky beat teams seeded 16, 8, 4, 3, 4 and 2. The Wildcats met the highest-seeded of those teams, No. 2 Kansas, in the championship game.

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