Michigan Basketball: 3 things to watch vs Michigan State

2. Get Hunter Dickinson involved

No doubt will be the best player on the court at all times, Hunter Dickinson when he has the ball is unstoppable. He’s going to get tested big time against Marcus Bingham Jr who’s averaging 3.3 blocks per game on the road.

Dickinson is the lifeline to this team, when he gets in foul trouble early or he is not clicking, Michigan seems to shut down automatically and just go into cruise control the rest of the game, slowly building a deficit as we saw against UNC.

Dickinson down low is going to make his shots at a very high percentage rather than trying to force a Caleb Houston 3-pointer. Matching every basket Michigan State gets is going to be critical because we know Michigan won’t be able to stop the Spartans defensively. Dickinson’s our best offensive weapon so we need to use him as such.