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Senior-heavy Tulsa forces U-M, Beilein to study strategies

Michigan coach John Beilein often laments not having impact seniors.

The last time he had multiple seniors who played was 2012 with Zack Novak and Stu Douglass.

That’s the primary reason he fears Tulsa in Wednesday’s First Four game in Dayton, Ohio.

“I’ve never seen this ... nine seniors,” Beilein said during Monday’s “Inside Michigan Basketball” radio show, calling in before the bus left for Dayton. “They have the most seniors of anybody in the country. They have some transfers that came in, some junior college transfers and some kids who have been there. It is a really talented team.