1. Maxwell Claggett Bielfeldt was born on June 7,1993 and is an American former college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference.
34 Facts About Max Bielfeldt
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Max Bielfeldt was the first men's basketball player to earn Big Ten Championships at two different universities.
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Max Bielfeldt is the grandson of Gary and Carlotta Max Bielfeldt.
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Grandfather Gary Max Bielfeldt played football for Illinois in the 1950s, as well as other sports.
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Max Bielfeldt began playing basketball when he was four at the downtown Peoria YMCA and at home with his Little Tikes hoop.
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Max Bielfeldt attended developmental camps at Bradley University and the University of Illinois.
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Max Bielfeldt played AAU basketball with the Indiana SPY Players that included future Michigan teammates Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III, son of Glenn Robinson.
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Max Bielfeldt, nicknamed Big Puppy, grew up in a lifestyle where he had his own Mercedes-Benz convertible to drive when he was not driving one of the family's Cadillac Escalades.
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Max Bielfeldt was a second team All-State selection by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.
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Max Bielfeldt began the season at the 2010 State Farm Tournament of Champions with a career-high 19 rebounds against Champaign Central High School on November 23 and following that with a career-high 40 points against McCluer High School of Florissant, Missouri on November 25.
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Max Bielfeldt's total was a three-year total, while Randle's was from a four-year varsity career.
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Max Bielfeldt was named to the Chicago Tribune All-State second team along with Frank Kaminsky, Johnny Hill, David Sobolewski and sophomore Jabari Parker.
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In MaxPreps' final class of 2011 top 100 Bielfeldt was number 100.
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Max Bielfeldt earned the 2011 Peoria Journal Star Big-School Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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Max Bielfeldt scheduled his trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan for his official visit on March 14,2011.
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Max Bielfeldt's decision made him the first Peorian to choose a Big Ten Conference school other than Illinois for basketball in over a decade.
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Max Bielfeldt only played 89 minutes in 19 games during the season.
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Beilein announced on June 3,2014, that Max Bielfeldt had undergone hip surgery and was expected to miss most of summer 2014.
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Max Bielfeldt made his first career start and earned his first double-double with 14 points.
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Max Bielfeldt's role increased over the course of his senior season at Michigan.
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Max Bielfeldt only played 6.8 minutes per game during the first five games, but averaged over 20 minutes in the final 15 games.
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Max Bielfeldt was the team's Sixth Man of the Year.
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Max Bielfeldt had considered several midwest schools and DePaul, Nebraska and Iowa State were his other finalists, with DePaul being eliminated before the official announcement.
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Max Bielfeldt's intention was to graduate with a second degree in a year.
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Max Bielfeldt chose the 15-month strategic management masters over pursuing a degree similar to his father's agricultural economics degree at Iowa State.
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Beilein attempted to block Max Bielfeldt from transferring within the Big Ten, but Indiana won an appeal.
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Max Bielfeldt adjusted to the very different coaching style of Tom Crean.
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Max Bielfeldt kept in touch with his former roommate LeVert and realized that he left just before a major change in coaching style at Michigan.
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Max Bielfeldt was in the starting lineup early in the season, but Crean changed the lineup after an upset loss in the 2015 Maui Invitational to Wake Forest.
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Max Bielfeldt scored in double digits in three consecutive games off the bench to start a 3-game win streak for the Hoosiers against Morehead State, IPFW, and McNeese State, which was noted by the press and appreciated by Crean.
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Max Bielfeldt scored in double digits in three consecutive games off the bench again to extend the win streak to 12 against Minnesota, Illinois in the rivalry game in which he scored the basket to give Yogi Ferrell the Indiana basketball career assists record, and Northwestern.
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Max Bielfeldt led the team with 7 rebounds and added 5 points and 2 assists.
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Max Bielfeldt posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, keeping Indiana in the game in the first half with 10 points.
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Max Bielfeldt studied in the Kelley School of Business and was on pace to receive a master's degree in strategic management in the fall 2016.