WASHINGTON – To Michigan coach John Beilein, there are no promises; only opportunity.
Which is how he planned to frame today for his No. 8-seeded Michigan basketball team in the Big Ten tournament championship game.
When the Wolverines tip off against No. 2 seed Wisconsin for the conference title at 3 p.m. at the Verizon Center (CBS), Michigan should be on a level playing field.
The thought process is that their fourth game in four days hits the wall. Beilein isn’t buying it.
“I’m not, because whoever we’re going to play has played four or three,” he said, before Wisconsin had won its semifinal.