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.

Through two rivalry games, Dusty May has passed with flying colors at Michigan. Two wins against Ohio State is something people in Ann Arbor always love to see. But there might be a different game that means a little more in the basketball world coming up for Michigan,