Michigan coach John Beilein fields questions on Friday, March, 16, 2018, about the team's NCAA tournament second-round game against Houston in Wichita, Kan. Video by Nick Baumgardner/DFP
They looked like the team we saw in New York. Loose. Focused. Defending as if sharing neurons. And knocking down shots.
From everywhere.
This was a clinic Thursday at the Staples Center, and Michigan's John Beilein was wearing a white lab coat.
A week after playing its most ragged ball in months, the Wolverines jumped back on the fast-track and steamrolled Texas A&M on their way to the Elite Eight, 99-72, knocking down 14 3s and rinsing off whatever shooting rust they'd encountered after their 11-day layoff.