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First priority in Michigan basketball's coaching search: 'Get it right'

Travel through time through the John Beilein era for Michigan basketball. Wochit, Wochit

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Last spring, Warde Manuel told reporters here at Big Ten headquarters that he wanted John Beilein to be Michigan's basketball coach until the day Beilein retired.

Beilein's no longer at Michigan, and he didn't retire. On Monday, he chose to accept the head-coaching job with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

And that means Manuel's search is on for Michigan's next basketball coach.

“I’m considering many different candidates," Manuel said Monday night at Big Ten headquarters just outside Chicago. "I’m taking a lot in right now and seeing who is interested.