Tom Izzo
Tom Izzo
Thomas Michael Izzois an American college basketball coach. Since 1995, he has been the head coach for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, presiding over a prolonged period of success. On April 4, 2016, Izzo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 January 1955
CityIron Mountain, MI
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Let's not anoint us a finished product because we're not. But I like the steps we're taking. I like the fact that players are having some fun doing it.
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I felt good only because it gives you a chance. It's definitely still not in our own hands but it does give you a chance.
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I felt bad for him missing those free throws because he's been shooting so well from the line. And yet, it goes to show that you can't take a lot of time off and feel like you're still the same player.
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I feel for that kid. He's only been in six or seven practices in the last two months so we can't even do what we want to do with him yet.
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I feel real comfortable that who we are playing and who we could play does not throw up any red flags. I'm looking at it like I'm definitely packing for two days the first weekend, and then I'm not going on spring break the second weekend. There's no plans in the foreseeable future, so I'm planning on playing some basketball.
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I did not feel that we were in sync. I think you have to give Illinois some credit for that but I also think you have to give us some blame.
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I can't say I was extremely ecstatic about our play, and Purdue deserves some of the credit for that. Yet in clutch times, these guys came through.
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We want to get back to running and wearing people down. This might be our most athletic team ever.
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We weren't the prettiest -- Illinois really pressured us and it bothered us some -- but the defense we played and the job we did, I can't say enough.
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Turnovers really killed us. We struggled not to turn the ball over.
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You hope your walk-ons bring some camaraderie, a high work ethic and a low maintenance problem, and I think those guys have done that.
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You have to pick your poison. We just tried to stay up on the shooters and not sag as much on the inside. Dials did hurt us, but he didn't beat us. On that day, they missed some shots that I think were contested. And I think they missed some shots that weren't. They weren't on a hot streak like they are now. They were still shooting well. But, lately, they've been on just a barrage. Bruce (Weber) has one of the best defensive teams in the league, and if they can do that to Illinois, that's scary.
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You have to look at the first game, and it's hard to look past it in this tournament, especially now when you see some of the eight, nine and 10 seeds. Kentucky and Wisconsin as eight and nine seeds, that tells you the 11 seeds are going to be pretty good basketball teams.
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What are they best at? They seem to be a very, very good defensive team, which concerns me because that's usually what wins at this time of the year.