Michigan men’s basketball coach John Beilein had strong words for those who might be caught up in the FBI's investigation into corruption in college basketball.

“If people are committing felony crimes in our business, then get them the heck out of our business," Beilein said Wednesday at Crisler Center. "If that’s what’s happening.”

Beilein said he hasn't been contacted by the FBI. That's not a surprise, given he has been hailed as the cleanest coach in college hoops. There’s apparently another reason why he’s unsullied. “I take a couple showers a day too, so that keeps me nice and clean,”Beilein quipped.

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The FBI investigation was one of the main topics Beilein addressed with reporters.

“I guess I was surprised because the FBI was involved,” Beilein said of his initial reaction to the scandal. “If the FBI’s involved, it really must be serious. How isolated is it? I do not think it is rampant among NCAA (coaches). I don’t think the sky is falling in college basketball. I think there’s certainly some rogue coaches. How many? Maybe I’ll be proven wrong, but I can’t believe there’s too much of that going out there.”



Beilein said he’s not happy college basketball is receiving such attention but added “college basketball is my life and it should be clean.”

On being named the cleanest coach in college basketball in an anonymous survey by CBS Sports, Beilien said it was “a very inexact poll” but and joked his assistant coaches must have been polled. “It’s better than the alternative,” he said.

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Beilien brought up the year the Wolverines played Virginia Commonwealth in the 2013 NCAA tournament and had to prepare for the Havoc defense. He said Michigan had prepared all season to do the right things under those tense conditions in that game.

“Same thing here,” Beilein said, referring to running a clean program. “You set a tone at the top. And your assistant coaches set this tone and everybody lives this tone. You don’t have to change gears because there’s an investigation. Been trying to do it right the whole time. I’m not trying to put ourselves up on some pedestals. Most programs are doing it this way. I believe that deep in my heart. Most of us are doing it (right), but some apparently weren’t.”

Beilein said if parents or prospects are looking anything illegal they aren’t talking to Beilein and are off his recruiting list immediately.

“They know it’s not happening here so we don’t even have to deal with it,” Beilein said. “And no, it might not get us some recruits. Well, we don’t want those recruits that come for any other reason than what Michigan is all about.”

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