bill frieder, who had been an assistant coach for seven years, took over from orr in 1980. he coached the school's first post-season basketball champions during the 1983–84 season and the following two teams were back-to-back conference champions. the 1983–84 team compiled a 24–9 overall (11–7, big ten) record on their way to a nit championship victory over notre dame. the 1984–85 team went 26–4 overall (16–2, big ten), which earned frieder big ten and ap national coach of the year honors. the 1985–86 team, which finished 28–5 overall (14–4, big ten), started the season with sixteen victories to make a total of thirty-three consecutive regular season victories. frieder earned five of michigan's six consecutive ncaa births from 1985–90, currently the longest streak in program history. roy tarpley led the 1985 team as big ten mvp. after the 1988–89 season, frieder accepted the head coach's job at arizona state, but wanted to remain at michigan for the ncaa tournament. however, when frieder told athletic director bo schembechler of his intentions, schembechler ordered him to leave immediately, telling him, "i don't want someone from arizona state coaching the michigan team. a "michigan" man is going to coach michigan."