May has previously only observed the rivalry from afar. He worked for the basketball team at fellow Big Ten school Indiana as a student and during his coaching career. The “intensity and passion” of Michigan-Michigan State was evident to him even through a TV screen.

Michigan head coach Dusty May will now have an opportunity to experience the rivalry with Michigan State in person.

Dusty May knows what’s next for Michigan on the schedule and that’s rival Michigan State. That might mean just a little bit more on the basketball court than Ohio State, a natural football rival. It’s just May’s first season in Ann Arbor,