Michigan head coach Dusty Could will make his first foray into the extreme rivalry between his Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans on Friday when No. 12 Michigan hosts No. 14 Michigan State.
He is already coached towards Ohio State carrying maize and blue, and his Wolverines had been victorious in Columbus.
That is the most important rivalry in sports activities on the soccer discipline, however Michigan vs. Michigan State is probably much more heated in school basketball. On the opposite bench is famous coach Tom Izzo, who has coached on this recreation many occasions.
So far as Could is worried, although, he solely is aware of what this rivalry looks like from watching the video games on tv.
“I imply, each recreation I watched … it was apparent, the quantity of depth and keenness for the sport,” Could instructed the media on Monday (h/t On3). “And it was sometimes 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 recreation both throughout every week or a Saturday or Sunday … I used to be normally gonna attempt to test it out.”
Could will now have a chance 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 Could. Will probably be intense.
