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
clearer next picture week
We'll have a clearer picture by next week or the week after.
five scoring
Well, no they can't do that with him scoring five points, obviously. But he's not going to do that very often.
call
We were kind of discombobulated. I thought I had better call a timeout. We were scrambling.
bruce good job kid phenomenal
You do have to have good teams, let's not kid ourselves. And I think Bruce Weber has done a phenomenal job there.
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We played well in spurts and I thought we hurt them with our transition game. We weren't rebounding well enough to get any breaks going in the first half. Rebounding is our Achilles' heel right now.
coach great players win
When the players want to win more than the coach, that's a great sign, and I see that.
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When we won the national championship (in 2000), it was an incredible run and an incredible week, but when I walked off the airplane and pulled up to the hotel and someone pokes his head in the bus and says 'Thank you,' I knew what this was going to be about,
four good last played
They played as good a last four (minutes) as you could play.
along areas bond fun guys
They get along so well together, ... It's kind of fun to see different guys from different areas and different colors, and there's a bond there.
beat few ohio playing schedule somewhat team ten
They're playing for a Big Ten championship. They haven't done that for a few years now, and they're playing a team that beat them handily. The schedule is somewhat in their favor, somewhat in Ohio State's favor.
deal gonna league
They're gonna be the real deal in this league before it's done.
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They're all guys who made significant improvements, and that means they're getting well-coached. I take my hat off to Matt. He was put in a tough situation, losing all those guys early, and that team has continued to improve, and that says it all.
ready team worried
There's enough in this rivalry. We're more worried about getting our team ready to play. That (incident) won't be an issue.
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That was a bizarre game. I thought Wisconsin played very well in the first half, and we just sort of hung in the game. I thought it hurt them when Tucker went out, and I thought we did some good things, too.