Kellen Voss covers the Michigan men's and women's basketball teams and writes recruiting articles, plus occasional football articles with Maize n Brew. You can follow him on Twitter @Kellen__Voss.
The stakes couldn’t be much higher for Friday’s heavyweight matchup between the No. 12 Michigan Wolverines and the No. 14 Michigan State Spartans.
With Michigan ahead of Michigan State by half a game for the lead in the Big Ten, the winner of Friday’s primetime matchup (8 p.m. on FOX) will take sole possession of first place in the league less than three weeks until the Big Ten Tournament.