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
last months practices seven six
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.
break days definitely looking packing planning plans playing red second spring throw
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.
credit illinois
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.
came clutch credit deserves ecstatic extremely guys
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.
ecstatic extremely
I can't say that I was extremely ecstatic about our play.
adjusting coaching excuses game good guys job situations team tired whether
I can't make any excuses up. As a coaching staff, we have not done a good enough job of adjusting to the things we need to adjust to, whether it be the schedule, whether it be an injury, whether it be end-of-the game situations with guys tired or not tired. We've got to find a way to do a better job, because we're a good enough team to get it done.
michigan state
If I was him, I'd never do anything in the state of Michigan again.
anybody coming hears played seeing trouble
If anybody that ever played here hears that statistic, they're going to have trouble coming back and seeing us.
blow good lost
I don't think it's a concussion, but I do think it was a pretty good blow and he lost some blood.
credit paul played
Give Paul credit because he went back in and played with those fouls.
bone guy healing hurt strictly talking
If it's just strictly the bone healing, then we're probably talking more weeks. But if it's the bone healing and the guy being able to take a little pain, and not hurt it ... he can take some pain. And that's what I'm basing it on; I think he can take some pain.
best bigger building laundry outside
He never made any excuses, ... He said he thought it would be a four-, five-year building process. He's a big-enough man, probably bigger than me, that he doesn't do his laundry outside of his office, even to his best friend.
advice advise jason kid might questions second
He might be only the second kid (after Jason Richardson) I would advise to do that, just because, that way, there'd be no questions unanswered.
game last took
We took more threes in this game than in the last two combined.