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Michigan basketballs ready to 'shock the world' again for national title

Michigan center Moritz Wagner speaks to the media during a news conference on Sunday, April 1, 2018, in San Antonio. Video by Nick Baumgardner/DFP

SAN ANTONIO — The day before the biggest game of his life started the same as it always does and featured a moment that has come to define John Beilein's Michigan basketball program.

Shortly after Beilein and his staff met to begin final preparations for a national title game against Villanova, U-M broke for an Easter Sunday morning mass at the team hotel.