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Michigan's 'Tasmanian Devil' has been punishing foes for years. Ask his dad

Michigan and Texas Tech will battle in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament Thursday, March 28, 2019 in Anaheim, Calif. Let's meet the Red Raiders. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Zavier Simpson was on the sideline, just 7 years old, waiting to get into his first football game. A Tasmanian Devil, as his grandfather once called him, waiting to get unleashed.

“Put him in, dad,” Isiah Simpson, Zavier’s older brother, begged his father.

Before Zavier became one of the best point guards in the country and led Michigan into the Sweet 16.