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
earning towards
We're working towards it, but he's got to keep earning it, too.
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.
assistant basketball good heck helps pressure proud second shooting staff team three turn
I was proud of my team, staff and assistant coaches, it was a heck of a job. They were a good basketball team and put more pressure on us than Wisconsin. Our shooting and rebounding was very good, and it helps when we only turn the ball over three times in the second half.
Marquise did some better things and that was an encouraging sign.
dogs game madder maybe quite thinking worse
I was thinking about that as every game went by. I feel better in one way, but I feel worse that it kind of makes you madder (because of) where you could have gone. Maybe we're not quite the dogs we think we are up here.
execution guard maybe short
I was very disappointed in our execution and some of our guard play. Maybe we were a little fatigued. We were short on a lot of shots.
along consistent faster hands honest hoping maybe moving pressure puts saying ten work
I was hoping to have him back Saturday, and it didn't work out. It's kind of out of my hands and kind of out of his hands, to be honest with you. That puts pressure on the doctors. For the most part, they've been consistent saying that maybe he could do something Big Ten tournament-time. We were hoping, because everything was moving along a little faster, that it would be faster than that.
credit deserves energy hung illinois needed played punch team
I think I got kind of a worn-out team right now. I can come up with a lot of different reasons, excuses, but we were just flat-out beat. And I did not think we played with the energy we needed to play. We still hung in there, and then we had the knockout punch of that three-minute span, and Illinois deserves a lot of credit for that.
definitely nba next whether year
I think Shannon is definitely an NBA player. Whether it will be this year or next year, I don't know.
brown deserves difference great job taylor
I think Shannon Brown deserves a lot of credit. ... I thought he did a great job on Taylor and that was the difference in the game.
credit deserves extremely four last minutes ohio played state
I think Ohio State deserves a lot of credit. The last four minutes of the game, they played extremely well. I didn't think I'd have to go with a four-guard lineup as much as we did.