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Michigan basketball coach John Beilein talks with the media Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Willow Run airport about the team's loss to Villanova in the NCAA championship game the previous night. Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Michigan coach John Beilein walked into the press room at Finneran Pavilion followed by his two captains, redshirt junior forward Charles Matthews and junior point guard Zavier Simpson.

The trio, fresh off a 73-46 win over defending national champion and No. 8-ranked Villanova, sat down at a small table, Beilein in the middle, Simpson to his right and Matthews on his left.