San Antonio — John Beilein said he never spent much of his life planning to be here, or expecting to be here, or hungering to be here. And upon further reflection, perhaps that’s precisely why he’s here, leading Michigan to another Final Four.
This may not be by design, but it most certainly is not by accident. The little moments lead to the big moments, and Beilein remains a rarity in college basketball, a coach capable of adjusting to changing times and styles, growing in stature without growing in name.
Even here, he’s somewhat the outsider, with the fanciful tale of Loyola-Chicago dominating the attention.