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
fragile time
This is a fragile time for a team.
eight exposure great help league respect run talked team teams ten win
It's great to have our league being talked about. Every team in the league is making some strides. I still think eight teams can win the Big Ten championship and in the long run that's going to help our recruiting, our exposure and the respect for our league.
coming exciting few good great heck league lose negative quick run talked teams time tough
It's great to have our league being talked about and see that we're making some strides. It's an exciting time, yet it's a tough time because so many good teams are coming up. You can get on a heck of a run in a negative way pretty quick if you lose a few games.
break games incredible trying wins
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?
good helped sure
It sure feel good to be home. I can't tell you how much that helped some of our players.
chances confident current experience fatigue foul last players team trouble water whether work
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.
george good job last mason nice ran struggled year
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.
excuse excuses
You try to make excuses that are real.
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.
ball bright defense half played second turned
There were some bright spots. I think in the second half we played better. Our defense was better. They turned the ball over and we scored a lot on that.
good indiana ncaa ten tournament
This is still a very good Indiana team. They can do well in the Big Ten tournament and be a NCAA tourney team.
against complex defense good helped offense prep week
Our defense was very, very good against a very complex offense at times. A week prep for that offense helped us.
fatigue good handling job lead zero
Fatigue had zero to do with the loss. We did not do a good job of handling our lead in that situation.