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 had been victorious in Columbus.
That is the largest rivalry in sports activities on the soccer area, however Michigan vs. Michigan State is probably much more heated in school basketball. On the opposite bench is known coach Tom Izzo, who has coached on this sport many instances.
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 keenness for the sport,” Might told the media on Monday (h/t On3). “And it was sometimes two actually good basketball groups going tooth and nail competing, and often each of them had been in championship competition. So it appeared like, as all the time, as an enormous nationally televised sport 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 possibility to expertise the rivalry in particular person and be intimately concerned as head coach.
The entire state of Michigan will likely be watching this one, and once more, Izzo and his 700 profession wins will likely be throughout the courtroom from Might. It is going to be intense.
