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
cheated
I don't think he ever cheated a day in his life.
problem
I don't see that being a problem right now.
dropped farther
I don't think anybody's pressing any charges. I don't think it's going any farther than that. I think it is a dropped issue.
appreciate good job losing matt physical
I appreciate Matt getting physical and not losing his cool. I don't know if I would have done as good a job as he did.
comparison definitely depth experience inside key last outside people worse
I feel better that our key people are very confident, very stable. I feel worse that we definitely don't have the depth. We have more depth inside than we had last year, but no experience. And we have no experience or depth inside or outside in comparison to what we lost.
guys responsibility
I feel all of the responsibility for that. I did not get as much out of these guys as they had to give.
chance win
I don't think (we have) any chance (of playing) at The Palace. I think we would have had to win this thing to get a chance at The Palace.
depends game indicative maybe realize score
I don't think the score here was maybe indicative of how the game went. I think we all realize we're all pretty even. It just depends on who comes to play.
ball cover floor grew improved inside loved players putting shooting starting three tough
He's one of the more improved players in the league. I loved him as a freshman. Now he's putting the ball on the floor and shooting threes. He's a tough cover because he grew up an inside four-man and is starting to be a three man. He can do both.
love passion
I don't like the guy. I love the guy. I love his passion for the game.
either people picked played road sure toughest win
I'm not sure how many people would have picked us to win either road game. We played at the two toughest road places.
ended privately publicly satisfied
I'm not satisfied with where we ended up this year. I'm going to publicly say I'm going to do something about it, I'm going to privately say I'm going to do something about it, and I'm going to do something about it.
lacking saying sure
I'm going to say what I've been saying all year, yes, we are lacking a leader. Our turnovers, 16-12 isn't ridiculous, but I'm sure they scored on a lot of them.
bigger bit evaluate falling gained game learned lost roof tells toughness weekend
I'm going to evaluate this weekend because if we lost that game (against Arizona), we'd be 1-3 and the roof would be falling in back home. But I thought we gained so much here. I learned that they have much bigger toughness than I have. They're all still standing, and I think that tells a little bit about their character.