"I don’t see how you would classify them as guys playing just for money when they all sacrificed a great deal of money," Michigan coach Dusty May said

Michigan head coach Dusty May didn’t try to hide the emotion behind his team’s latest rivalry victory. After the Wolverines earned an 83-71 road win over Michigan State, May acknowledged Monday that the result carried added weight.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan’s renewed focus on beating Michigan State this year had everything to do with winning on the court, not off of it. Wolverines coach Dusty May spoke of his team’s mindset entering Friday night’s 83-71 win over the Spartans,

Long gone are the days of John Chaney showing up at a John Calipari postgame news conference and yelling: “I’ll kill you!"

Ahead of last week’s matchup between Michigan and Michigan State, some were billing it as a “Bought vs. Built” battle.

The second-year coach of the Wolverines on Monday called the play of Michigan State point guard Jeremy Fears “dangerous " in Friday’s 83-71 win for the Wolverines in East Lansing. One sequence appeared to show Fears attempting to trip Yaxel Lendeborg while he was attempt to close out defensively on a 3-point attempt.

Michigan head coach Dusty May caught up with program legend Juwan Howard during the Pistons' game against the Nets on Sunday.

Dusty May was excited about how his team played against rival Michigan State.