John Beilein was ready to put his feet up. The evening was supposed to be an opportunity to bask in Michigan’s latest recruiting victory. Tim Hardaway Jr. was playing the summer AAU circuit before his senior year of high school, and Beilein had traveled to see one of his games for the first time since securing Hardaway’s commitment.

“I was so excited about watching him play,” Beilein remembers.

Much to his surprise, he watched his guy sit instead. Confusion crept in as an entire game passed without Hardaway setting foot on the court. “Did I not see something?” Beilein thought to himself. “What did I miss?”

The disappointment had a way of being informative, though. One of Beilein’s recruiting practices was to observe how a player responded emotionally to various situations on the court

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