Michigan basketball coach John Beilein speaks to the media on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Ann Arbor. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press
When it's working, you'll know.
Because Jordan Poole will tell you about it.
Michigan basketball's loquacious two-guard wasted zero time letting folks know who he was a year ago. After a barrage of 3-pointers off the bench during a regular-season game as a freshman, Poole promptly dubbed himself The Microwave.
"Shoutout to Vinnie Johnson," he exclaimed afterward.
And when Poole's now iconic buzzer-beater fell through the bottom of the net against Houston last spring, sending Michigan to the NCAA tournament, Poole held court in a celebratory postgame locker room with reporters.