UM's David DeJulius 'staying ready' for number to be called

Ann Arbor — David DeJulius knew his freshman season at Michigan was going to be a trying process.

That’s why during his senior year at Detroit East English Village, coach Juan Rickman was hard on him every single day to prepare him for what was to come.

“At the time I might not have understood,” DeJulius, a former Michigan Mr. Basketball finalist, said Thursday. “But now I do.”

It’s a harsh reality that greets most freshmen on John Beilein’s teams, especially at the point guard position where the indoctrination phase can take time and the learning curve can be steep.

When DeJulius first arrived, he noted it was a “major struggle” getting acclimated and used to how everything is done. The days…