Friday will mark a series of firsts for college basketball fans in the Detroit area.
It’s the first chance for Michigan and Wayne State supporters to check out this season’s new-look squads. It’s also the first time the public will be able to take in a game at WSU Fieldhouse, the new state-of-the-art facility that will be shared with the Detroit Pistons’ G-League affiliate, the Motor City Cruise.
But for the sixth-ranked Wolverines, the exhibition will be their second and final tuneup ahead of next week’s regular-season opener against Buffalo, following a closed-doors scrimmage they had against DePaul last weekend.