PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Fresh off a 77-65 win over Rutgers that gave No. 7 Michigan sole possession of first place in the Big Ten, Ignas Brazdeikis and Jon Teske were asked about something else: their head coach's 66th birthday.
“Yeah, we sung happy birthday to him in the locker room," Brazdeikis said, "which was a lot of fun.”
To their right, a bespectacled John Beilein sat in silence, poring over the post game stat-sheet.
It was quite the birthday celebration for Beilein, who surpassed former coach Johnny Orr for the most conference victories in program history.