Michigan's Juwan Howard on Michigan State rivalry: 'Let's battle'

Nick Baumgardner, Orion Sang and Shawn Winsdor breaks down what they heard at Juwan Howard's Michigan basketball news conference. Nick Baumgardner, Orion Sang and Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press

Don't expect the intensity of Michigan basketball's rivalry with Michigan State to change now that Juwan Howard has been introduced as the Wolverines' next coach.

And if Thursday's news conference to introduce Howard is any indication, the respect level between the two programs won't revert back to the Fab Five days, either.

Howard, a member of U-M's famed Fab Five recruiting class in 1991 — a group that had a reputation for being brash and confident — lauded Tom Izzo's program while speaking to…