Los Angeles — Jordan Poole was bracing for advanced calculus. What he got instead was basic arithmetic. Ditto Isaiah Livers, his freshman teammate who arrived on campus in Ann Arbor as Michigan’s Mr. Basketball, ready to learn something new in college.
Each of them thought they knew what to expect from the Wolverines’ head coach, John Beilein, widely regarded as one of college basketball’s best offensive minds.
“But then we come in and we’re learning middle-school drills, and I’m just like, ‘Wow,’” Livers said, shaking his head Friday after practice before tonight’s clash with Florida State for a berth in the Final Four.