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There's too much from this tournament run to cram into one GIFs post, so I'm splitting it into two parts; today's covers the Illinois and Purdue games. The glut of quality GIFs is due in no small part to Fred Wright-Jones, who emerged over the tournament as the heir apparent to Andrew Dakich's role as King of the Bench Mob. You can see him above mirroring Zak Irvin's dunk from the end of the bench. There's much more where that came from.

[Hit THE JUMP for the best moments from the Illinois and Purdue wins.]

Via the mothership:

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And the relevant bits from the release:

The terms of Beilein's extension call for him to earn a base salary of $400,000 with additional compensation of $1,470,000 per year for TV, radio, internet, shoe/apparel sponsorships, consulting, promotion and other services. In separate deferred payments, Beilein will receive an additional $1.5 million annually through the University's Supplemental Defined Contributions Retirement Plan.

The contract also provides opportunities for supplemental pay based on a range of performance measures from winning the Big Ten regular-season title and tournament championships as well as selection to and victories in the NCAA Tournament.

The perception already was that he was here through retirement—Michigan would be insane to let him go—but it was time to do this again because his last contract, signed in 2013, would have expired when this year's freshmen are seniors. When this one runs out he'll be 68.

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Where does John Beilein rank among Michigan's all-time basketball coaches? This was a board question I began answering there until I realized I had written half a column and not written my Tuesday column. Part I explains my subjective criteria and covers Mather, Oosterbaan, Strack and Orr.

So without further ado..

Ado!

Huh?

Show the candidates chart again.

Candidates:

Coach Seasons Wins Avg 30* B10 NCAA** AAs NBA
John Beilein 2008-'14 150 18-12 2 2.14 2 3-8†
Steve Fisher 1989-'97 185 21-9 - 3.00 3 7
Bill Frieder 1981-'89 189 20-10 2 1.13 2 10
Johnny Orr 1969-'80 209 19-11 2 1.25 4 7
Dave Strack 1961-'68 113 17-13 3 1.88 4 7
Bennie Oosterbaan 1939-'46 81 16-14 - - - 2
E.J. Mather 1920-'28 108 20-10 3 - 4 -

Chart things:

  • Wherever I list a year it means the season that began the fall in the year previous, e.g. 1969 = 1968-'69 seasion
  • * Rather than winning % I showed their average record over a 30-game season.
  • ** Average number of tournament games his teams would play in. A 1.00 means his team will make the tourney and go out in the 1st round. I took out the play-in rounds.
  • † Manny Harris was recruited by Amaker but played his entire career for Beilein. Stauskas, GRIII, LeVert, and McGary at least can be counted as future NBA players. It's too early to say the same for Walton/Irvin but it's not a bad bet either.

Here's Part II. These got longer because now we're into my personal recollection period.

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Bill Frieder (1981-'89)

Career at M: 9 seasons, 189 wins (68%), 2 Big Ten titles

All-Americans: Gary Grant (1988), Glen Rice (1989)

Avg NCAA Tourney: 1.13

Pros he recruited (NBA games): Glen Rice (1,000), Loy Vaught (689), Terry Mills (678), Gary Grant (552), Tim McComick (483), Rumeal Robinson (336), Roy Tarpley (280), Sean Higgins (220), Demetrius Calip (7), and Richard Rellford. [EDIT: Eric Riley (186)] That's 10 11 guys and 4,249 4,435 games.

[Continued after the jump]