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Beilein At Big Ten Media Day

By Brian — October 27th, 2011 at 3:05 PM — 13 comments
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Beilein getting in on that Hoke swag

THE MODERATOR: Coach, an opening statement.

COACH BEILEIN: It's hard to believe that it's been already five years to have the privilege of coaching at Michigan. We love practicing with this team right now.

We have an incredible team-first attitude that's been very healthy so far. And now we're a couple of weeks away from the start of the season. So we love the young men on our team.

The most difficult thing will be replacing Darius Morris and all the intangibles that we had last year as a team that was really playing with a chip on their shoulder. So we're working hard at that. And I like the progress so far.

THE MODERATOR: Questions?

Q. How close to the start of the season do you think you'll choose a starter for the point guard position to replace Darius Morris?

COACH BEILEIN: You know, we have a scrimmage coming up. We have an exhibition game coming up. That will be a big part of it. And then every practice there's an opportunity for me to evaluate.

So I would think about that, the three or four days before our first game with Ferris State on a Friday night, we'll probably choose that just the week of that game.

Q. Can you talk a little bit about the improvements to Crisler Arena, what that's meant both in terms of recruiting and just the players you have right now and also the play itself on the court, I think (Michigan women’s head) coach Kevin Borseth talked about the painting of the roof, making it seem a little brighter in there?

COACH BEILEIN: Yes, there's been two things going on. First of all, the Chrisler improvements are striking. There's just -- you just walk into it, you feel like it's a brand new arena.

And it had aged quite a bit. It's a wonderful building for Michigan basketball for a long time. But Cazzie Russell being inducted into the NCAA Hall of Fame, that's the last time it was probably updated was when they built it.

So it's been really nice for our kids. I think they feel good about themselves when they're out there. The other thing, with our player development center, our practice facility, is all but completed. It's two weeks away. We've actually moved into the offices. That's going to lead into so much more efficiency how we operate every day.

So it's a very -- it's a good environment right now to grow as a basketball program.

Q. How do you think (Tim) Hardaway (Jr.) is going to react to defenses really keying in on him this season as him being the focal point of the Michigan offense?

COACH BEILEIN: You know, we had an early answer on that the other day. We just had a scrimmage where he was so unselfish he had seven assists and no turnovers in a scrimmage.

And just he sees the open people almost sometimes to a fault, where if they're putting extra men on him or guarding him a certain way, this is a team-first guy now.

So he's been really -- he's fairly comfortable in that. I think obviously he's still young. He's 19 years old. He's still young. His body is developing. But, still, he's going to have a lot of bumps in the road, because you have to guard him.

But he realized that's part of the journey himself to reach his goals of being a great Michigan basketball player and then playing afterwards.

Q. Two years ago there were more expectations in the program with Manny Harris and additional players coming back, how is this year different than those expectations and how that season turned out?

COACH BEILEIN: I think that one of the things that happened in that season was injury to Manny Harris earlier in that season. The expectations were very high, but Manny never really got to 100 percent, we felt, the entire year.

And we were probably more dependent on he and DeShawn (Sims) and the rest of the pieces were not complete yet. I think that we can -- if those two did not have a good game, we had a very difficult chance of winning.

This team, I think, has where the talent, those two are extremely talented players, this team may have a few more pieces, and I think we have a great team chemistry on the team as well, that hopefully a lot of intangibles going into winning. We hope we possess as many as you would need.

Q. Where does Trey (Burke) rank among the other freshmen in the Big Ten as far as being able to play right away, with (Indiana’s Cody) Zeller and those other big-time freshmen?

COACH BEILEIN: I have no idea about the other freshmen. I just look at my team -- you have to look at the rotation and how many veterans they have coming back. He's walked into a great situation with Darius Morris leaving, as far as him personally.

At the same time, there's a lot that goes on from going from a high school guard to a college guard. So after two weeks of practice, he's shown a lot of moxie, some great poise. And yesterday, the other day, in particular, a lot of toughness.

Those are three things you'd like to have a freshman have. Usually that takes a few years for them to accumulate some of those traits. He showed last week some really positive things in those areas that are beyond his ability to make a jump shot or make a play.

And so we're hopeful he'll continue that trend.

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October 27th, 2011 at 3:20 PM
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Toughness

Hoke's rubbing off on Beilein apparently:

"So after two weeks of practice, he's shown a lot of moxie, some great poise. And yesterday, the other day, in particular, a lot of toughness."

Love it.

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October 27th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
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seriously

this is a diary and not a front page post?

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October 27th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
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That picture of Beilein above looks like Harris from the movie Major League. "Up your ass Joe Boo"

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October 27th, 2011 at 4:25 PM
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I believe the term was

I believe the term was "bucket". Heh.

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October 27th, 2011 at 5:49 PM
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"It's very bad...to steal

"It's very bad...to steal Joeboo's rum"

"It's verrryyy bad!"

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October 27th, 2011 at 7:08 PM
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This is the pic...

....where he says, "Have to wake up bats!"

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October 27th, 2011 at 4:34 PM
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Can't wait for hoops

Steady wing play can help overcome the troubles faced by freshmen point guards trying to make the adjustment to the college game.  We will need some great point guard play, however, to make it through the Big Ten tournament and NCAA tournament.  I have confidence our veterans can lead the way and help Trey and Carlton along until they learn enough to show some leadership of their own down the road.

I'm also intrigued to see what Bacari Alexander can do now that he's had time to work with Jon Horford. He did an amazing job with Jordan Morgan.

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October 27th, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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Moxie, poise AND

Moxie, poise AND Toughness???

We've got David Eckstein playing PG for us!

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October 28th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
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Moxie is hard to come by. I'm glad the kid has it.

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October 28th, 2011 at 2:15 PM
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Yeah,

if I didn't know better I'd think he was a white kid.  Next we'll be hearing that he's like another coach on the floor.

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October 27th, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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Nitpick

Crisler is misspelled in Beilein's response to the arena question.

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October 27th, 2011 at 5:10 PM
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Yuh

I'm a big fan of coaches pointing at things.

I'd be ecstatic to see coach Beilein point at a B1G chamionship banner!

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October 27th, 2011 at 5:17 PM
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Not only the toughness angle

Not only the toughness angle but Belien is now starting to point like the Hokester

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