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 carrying maize and blue, and his Wolverines had been victorious in Columbus.
That is the largest rivalry in sports activities on the soccer subject, however Michigan vs. Michigan State is maybe much more heated in faculty basketball. On the opposite bench is known coach Tom Izzo, who has coached on this sport many occasions.
So far as Might is anxious, although, he solely is aware of what this rivalry seems like from watching the video games on tv.
“I imply, each sport I watched … it was apparent, the quantity of depth and fervour for the sport,” Might told the media on Monday (h/t On3). “And it was usually two actually good basketball groups going tooth and nail competing, and normally each of them had been in championship competition. So it appeared like, as at all times, as an enormous nationally televised sport both throughout per week or a Saturday or Sunday … I used to be normally gonna attempt to test it out.”
Might will now have a possibility to expertise the rivalry in particular person and be intimately concerned as head coach.
The entire state of Michigan will probably be watching this one, and once more, Izzo and his 700 profession wins will probably be throughout the courtroom from Might. It is going to be intense.
