Michigan freshman Moritz Wagner discusses his adjustment from Germany to the U.S. and to the Wolverines. Video by Mark Snyder/DFP
The first e-mail from John Beilein didn't pop up.
Actually, it took a little work for Moritz Wagner to find it, as he had to dig the Michigan basketball coach's missive from his junk folder.
But now, eight or nine months later, he can look back and laugh.
The player his teammates call "Big German" is in Ann Arbor, with the Michigan basketball program and two weeks away from his first college game.