Michigan basketball coach John Beilein seems confident he has leaders on his team. Now, he has to wait for them to emerge.

A year ago, leadership was an issue for the Wolverines, who went 15-17 while relying on the quiet duo of Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims to provide that spark. Now, with those players playing professionally, Michigan needs others to step up.

Junior guard Zack Novak is a likely candidate, as is sophomore guard Darius Morris.

“It’s too young to be comfortable with it, but I like the direction it’s going,” Beilein said. “We have some young men on this team that will be, in given time, will assume leadership positions easily. ...

“Not everyone was born to be a leader, you know. Some of them can be great followers, and I mean that in a positive way.”

From accounts of preseason workouts, Novak, Morris and junior guard Stu Douglass were handling the primary leadership duties.

They are also Michigan’s three returning starters.

Expenses from Europe Michigan spent $100,010 to send its 25-person party to Europe this summer for a four-game exhibition tour, AnnArbor.com learned through a public records request.

The party spent, per person, $4,000.40, and included 13 players and 12 staff members during its trip to Belgium, Amsterdam and Paris. The team spent $42,705 on airfare, $28,062 on meals, $13,411 in lodging, $10,588 in transportation and $5,245 in “other expenses.”

“That’s actually not too bad,” said Natalia Gero, a travel agent for Boersma Travel in Ann Arbor. “The flight alone can be $2,000 (per person).

“In August, yeah. It’s high season in Europe.”

The Michigan athletic department funded the trip.

Scrimmage results Michigan held a closed-door scrimmage Saturday, and Beilein reported on his website on Tuesday that the Blue “rather convincingly” beat the Maize in a 35-minute running clock game with officials.

Beilein, though, declined to say who played on either team.

Freshman guard Tim Hardaway Jr., who led Michigan in scoring in Europe, had 11 points, four assists and a turnover. Redshirt freshman forward Jordan Morgan had eight points and six rebounds.

Morris had six points and three assists.

“I was encouraged by a lot of things that we saw,” Beilein wrote on his website. “But we still have a lot of work to do.”

Michigan planned another scrimmage today before taking Wednesday off. Beilein, Novak and Douglass will head to Chicago for the Big Ten media day on Thursday.

Michael Rothstein covers University of Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2558, by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com or follow along on Twitter @mikerothstein