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Michigan basketball's Ignas Brazdeikis: 'I love the hate I get'

Michigan basketball coach John Beilein speaks to the media on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in Ann Arbor. Nick Baumgardner, Freep

Assembly Hall is notorious for being a difficult place to play.

The crowd fills the stands quickly, as it did Friday night for No. 5 Michigan's game against Indiana. Students jeered at the Wolverines all throughout warm-ups.

The environment, according to U-M coach John Beilein, was as "charged up" as it was in 2013, when a No. 1 Michigan team took on No. 3 Indiana.

In short, it was a perfect setting for Ignas Brazdeikis to do what he does best.