Ann Arbor — John Beilein was up early Sunday morning, and before he and his team hit the road — a day after bowing out of the Big Ten tournament semifinals — Michigan’s coach was kneeling in prayer inside St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in downtown Indianapolis.
After the 8 a.m. Mass, he was stopped by a visiting priest — also in for the Big Ten tournament from Minnesota — “and when I was walking out the door, he said, ‘Coach, I think you’re in.’”
This was good news, all right. This being Selection Sunday, he knew what the man meant.