UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Wolverines basketball will have to wait a few weeks for most of their new Nike Jumpman gear, but coach likes the change. John Beilein realized the opportunity when he was first asked about the possibility of Michigan becoming a Nike Jumpman basketball program. But before he said yes to then-interim athletic director Jim Hackett on Fourth of July weekend 2015, he made some calls, doing the kind of research he’s done his whole career. Beilein never jumps into anything just because other people are doing it. – Mark Snyder, Detroit Free Press. Read More.