In May 2019, the world woke up to a seismic shift in the college basketball landscape. John Beilein left Michigan to become the Cleveland Cavaliers’ head coach, closing the book on a 12-year stretch that saw the Wolverines appear in two national title games.
On Thursday night, nearly twenty-two months later, Michigan dribbled out the clock on the block ‘M’ at center court in Ann Arbor. The moment came just a few minutes after senior forward Isaiah Livers kissed the court on his way off the court. Maize confetti rained down from the Crisler Center ceiling, and the Wolverines’ bench rushed the floor to celebrate their 2020-21 outright Big Ten regular-season title.