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Michigan coach John Beilein, addresses the media after defeating 75-69 year olds against Penn State on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at State College, Pennsylvania.
Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press

He can now joke about it.

Nearly 10 minutes after the Friday afternoon press conference, another question was posed to John Beilein regarding his expulsion from the 75-69-year-old defeat in the state of Penn, Michigan.

Beilein's answer started with a joke.

"We do not let that drop, is not it?" Beilein said. "It must be a monumental event."

He could have been laughing. But the ejection of Beilein on Tuesday night was a monumental event – just the second ejection of his career, and his first in 37 years.

"It was in 1981. So it was 37 years ago, another 37 years before you saw it (yet)," said Beilein. "Wait a few years before you see another technique.A lot of surprise for the entire contract, and what happened happened … it was unfortunate."

Michigan coach John Beilein pleads his case with referee Lewis Garrison in the first half against Penn State on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo11: John Beale, AP)

Just after the kickoff of the first half of Tuesday's game, Beilein has disputed with the officials about what he perceived, he and Michigan, as a screen Illegal missed goaltender Zavier Simpson in the final possession of the half.

Beilein scored a technical foul and then another who disqualified him from the match.

"When I get a technique, it's probably when it's the most dangerous," Beilein said. "Because if I get a technique, I want to know why, and then, probably, the other side of my mom comes off a bit.

"I'm trying to avoid those who, like the plague, have a technical problem, I have to be better than that, I have to be better than the officials, I'm proud to do that, but it's not the best." was not the case. "

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Beilein watched the rest of the game on television in a locker room.

After the loss, he answered questions on the ejection saying that he would have "pretty interesting discussions with the Big Ten office".

Three days later, these discussions took place through several telephone and telephone conversations with Big Ten Associate Commissioner Rick Boyages.

The goal: to allow Beilein to give his version of the story, to get an interpretation of how "things got so out of control so quickly and why," and to ensure that the Big Ten reviews the movie "so that everyone is informed, the coaches."

"And I hope we do it, I think we educate our officials," said Beilein. "We are working on that, to say that it should be a call, it should not be a call, there will be missed calls, but if there are some very serious ones they have to be treated differently.

"Coaches must always answer this question, not officials, it's a difficult thing, but officials are doing their best."

Michigan coach John Beilein calls to keep Zavier Simpson in the first half against the Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center on February 12, 2019 in University Park, Pennsylvania. (Photo11: Linsey Fagan, USA TODAY Sports)

After the ejection, Beilein is excused from his players. He said Friday that he had not been intentionally ejected; that it was not there Hoosiers "Throw me" to try to motivate his players.

Beilein thinks his team understands that what happened on Tuesday night does not happen very often, and that it's "unique" and "not a recurring problem."

And he hopes this will never happen again.

"It exploded so fast that it was over before I could do anything," Beilein said. "I hope it will not happen again, I do not think it will ever happen, it should never happen again."

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