ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Here's what John Beilein knew to be true:
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Zak Irvin had scored 1,430 points for the University of Michigan basketball team prior to Thursday night's (Feb. 16) game with Wisconsin.
Irvin had scored only 13 points in his last four games combined.
Those were the facts, and there was no avoiding either of them. Still, when Irvin lofted a three-point shot that missed the rim by four feet on his first outside shot of the game, his head coach had a message in the timeout that came seconds later:
"Keep shooting!