John Beilein
John Beilein
John Patrick Beileinis an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He is the 16th head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. The 2015–16 season is his ninth at Michigan. Beilein has won 665 career games at four-year universitiesand 732 games altogether, including those at the junior-college level. He has previously coached the West Virginia Mountaineers, Richmond Spiders, Canisius College Golden Griffinsin Division I as well as Le Moyne College, Nazareth Collegeand Erie...
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I know very little about Southern Illinois, but I'll know a lot in the next couple days. The Missouri Valley Conference has strong teams in the tournament every year.
good stress trying win
I'm trying to stress with (my team) how good this win is.
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In games like this there are little three or four minute spans when you've got to be mentally tough enough when that other team is really challenging you. They're distracting your game and you can't give in and I thought we gave in a couple of times and it will be a great thing for us to learn from.
far momentum
I know they have a lot to gain. But we're going in with a lot to gain, too, as far as momentum for the tournament.
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I know we'll be walking into a hotbed. They have a lot to gain by a win over West Virginia. But we're going in there with a lot to gain as well, in terms of momentum going into the Big East Tournament.
far surprise talent
Nothing will be a surprise to us as far as the talent level.
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It's not a very relaxing time to have an extra day or two off for the coaches. It's always a challenge playing them because they've basically played volleyball against us on the backboards.
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It's not about beating the No. 1 team, it's about getting better every day. However, we should be confident coming out of this game.
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I'm glad he made it. They had their guys in the corners to try to kick it out for the tie.
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I'm just happy to be in the NCAA Tournament. This is terrific for us to go back-to-back years.
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I haven?t been around the conference that long, but I can?t think of a better one. It was a battle every night before this year. Adding Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette and South Florida makes its even tougher.
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It wasn't, certainly, a textbook game of basketball. This is the type of league ... it's going to be so hard to win on the road. I thought South Florida just had a great game plan, and really made it difficult for us to do anything.
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I've got to think they're certainly good enough to be in there.
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No matter what, it's always a good game. I don't know if it will add anything new to this game. It can't get any more intense.