Michigan coach John Beilein speaks to the media after the 58-54 win over Florida State in the Elite Eight on Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. Video by Nick Baumgardner/DFP
The building was substandard. Nothing sparkled. The air conditioning never worked.
But there they were.
"It was like a crucible in there," recalls Jordan Morgan, who met a journeyman college basketball coach named John Beilein in 2007. "We were all we had."
Every chapter of a history book is important. If you skip a few pages, you won't fully understand how something comes to be.