ANN ARBOR -- The email came from a familiar name, but John Beilein didn't have the time. He set the message aside. He'd get to it at some point.
There it sat, unread, for a few weeks. It was early in the 2014-15 Michigan basketball season. The Wolverines were in the midst of a season that would soon unravel, doomed by injuries and mounting losses.
On the other side of the world, Yenal Kahraman assumed the email had been ignored or deleted. He knew it was a long shot anyway. He'd only met Beilein years earlier and figured the Michigan coach received tips on possible recruits en masse.