Michigan head coach Dusty Might will make his first foray into the extraordinary rivalry between his Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans on Friday when No. 12 Michigan hosts No. 14 Michigan State.
He is already coached in opposition to Ohio State sporting maize and blue, and his Wolverines have been victorious in Columbus.
That is the most important rivalry in sports activities on the soccer subject, however Michigan vs. Michigan State is probably much more heated in faculty basketball. On the opposite bench is known coach Tom Izzo, who has coached on this recreation many occasions.
So far as Might is worried, although, he solely is aware of what this rivalry appears like from watching the video games on tv.
“I imply, each recreation I watched … it was apparent, the quantity of depth and fervour for the sport,” Might instructed the media on Monday (h/t On3). “And it was usually two actually good basketball groups going tooth and nail competing, and often each of them have been in championship competition. So it appeared like, as all the time, as a giant nationally televised recreation both throughout every week or a Saturday or Sunday … I used to be often gonna attempt to test it out.”
Might will now have a chance to expertise the rivalry in individual and be intimately concerned as head coach.
The entire state of Michigan can be watching this one, and once more, Izzo and his 700 profession wins can be throughout the courtroom from Might. Will probably be intense.
