A look at the Michigan basketball Senior Day ceremony that included Austin Hatch on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, in Ann Arbor. Video by Nick Baumgardner/DFP
John Beilein gathered his basketball team on Saturday night and told them a story that illustrates one of his program's core values:.
Appreciation.
Michigan's head coach re-told the story of Austin Hatch. A former Fort Wayne, Ind., prep basketball standout who reminded Beilein of a "young Wally Szczerbiak" during his playing days at Canterbury High School.
A person who had nearly everything in his life taken away from him.