And after the celebration....
West Virgina's coach, John Beilein, has bolted the program for the Michigan head coaching position.
Wise move on his part, if you ask me. While he did take his team to NIT glory, it was kind of a fluke. West Virgina isn't going to get chances like this every year. Michigan, on the other hand, is a legitimate contender for the NIT championship every year.
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Ooh. Cold.
I think you just threw down the gauntlet to Steve. The question now is whether he has a response.
Dammit, Justin. 1989 Champions. Plus we owned the Final Four in the 90's. (1992 and 1993 appearances). We are currently undergoing a 17 year rebuilding period. We will rise again in 2010!
I'm a little lost (of course). Humor me. So he did move up in moving to Michigan but it's not really that significant overall because Michigan hasn't had much of a presence in the NCAA?
I'm sorry friends, by offer you this: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2820954&type=story as evidence that Michigan, in fact, was stripped of their '92 and '93 Final Four appearences. Basically, they never happened. So, perhaps this is a demotion for Bielein. When was the last time Michigan was in the Tourney?
Yep, Debby, that's pretty much it. Michigan is one of those school that historically is supposed to be a "great" basketball school... maybe not on the same level as North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, etc., but the next tier definitely.
Yet they haven't really had a good team for a decade.
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