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
coach difficult game
That was a difficult game to coach and difficult game to play in.
That was frustrating, but that's what they do.
seven
That was big to have it be seven when we thought we'd be down four.
basketball best close couple game maybe perfect
That was our best basketball game in maybe a couple years. This was close to a perfect game.
guard post
He can guard anybody. I'd let him guard a post guy,
comfort free guys level played tail throws
He played like a warrior. ... Making those free throws and all, he played his tail off. And there's just a comfort level with the guys and ... ah, it was big.
forced tried
He probably tried to do too much because he was forced into that position.
bad knows
I don't think he knows what he's going to do yet. I think, for sure, he'd like to go. I really do, and I don't think that's bad. But the one thing I feel comfortable with Shannon, I don't think he'll make a bad decision.
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.