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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I told them in the huddle that we played Gonzaga and Arizona we played all those overtime games and we've earned the right to win the game. They looked back at me and said, 'Damn right we did.
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I told them their most important job now is the locker room, the dorm room, the hotel room. What they spread, what kind of message they spread, might be as critical as anything.
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For families, it's kind of nice because it's within driving distance for most of them. Other than being in Detroit, personally I couldn't ask for anything better for us.
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It's not the end of the world when you're 0-2, but who's kidding who? Everybody was down. It wasn't a monstrous step, but we beat a good team. That's the fifth Top Ten team we've played, and the third we've beaten.
everybody feels kidding
It's not the end of the world when you're 0-2. But who's kidding who? Everybody feels a little down.
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It's the class of the class, and that's what you want to be associated with.
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It's probably two games too many, but at the same time, it's an incredible opportunity, ... And I'm not trying to break anyone's wins record, so what's the difference?
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It sure feel good to be home. I can't tell you how much that helped some of our players.
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Do I feel as confident as last year? Last year, I really was confident. I'd say it like this. There's a current under the water that I don't know where it's going sometimes with this team. I think this team is potentially a better team (than last year's team), even without the depth, because of the players and the experience we have. Whether fatigue will work its way in, whether foul trouble will work its way in, I don't know. But I like the chances for us to play for a while.
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The nice thing for us with George Mason is we did play them last year and it wasn't like we ran through them. We just did a good job at times and we struggled at times.
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You try to make excuses that are real.
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It's better today. I really thought when it happened when they carried him off that it was either broke or torn and all the (tests) came back positive.
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It was a big road win because any road win in this league is a big road win.
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It was like Santa's elves working on Christmas day.