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Moritz Wagner an unlikely leader for Michigan

LOS ANGELES_The email pitching the German prospect sat unanswered in the Michigan coach's inbox for a few weeks because it didn't seem urgent among the flood of messages he received each day.

The coach's email to the prospect sat unanswered for a few weeks because it landed in his spam folder.

Their eventual replies might help send the Wolverines back to the Final Four.

The improbable connection between coach John Beilein and junior forward Moritz Wagner has supplied the Wolverines with their leading scorer and

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