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
finish good higher league left played sixth somebody team understand
It doesn't feel as good (playing the first day) as we were the only team left that had never played on Thursday. I'm disappointed that we didn't finish higher but I understand how good the league is and somebody had to finish sixth or seventh.
ball hard hearing seeing starting stronger
I think he's starting to get it. He's starting to see and understand, ?I didn't go hard enough here, I got to be stronger with the ball there.' I think he's seeing it. Before, I think he was hearing it and not seeing it. Now, I think he's hearing it and seeing it.
awareness improved players seen shooting
I think he's really improved his three-point shooting and just his awareness of the game. I'd say he is one of the more improved players I've seen in this league.
bad couple good great
I think he's done some good things. He made a couple great passes, then he made a couple bad ones, but he's getting better.
great job tough
I think he's done a great job in a tough situation.
definitely gotten improved next since team year
I think his team has definitely gotten better since the year started. I think that team could come into next year as the most improved team in the league.
almost check handled inside
We just did not check defensively. They really just went at us inside and it was almost a joke. We've never been handled like that inside.
anybody beat fact league night resigned smacks somebody time
We're all resigned to the fact that anybody in this league can beat anybody. There's never an off night. There's never a night where you can just relax. And every time you think you can, as we learned, somebody smacks you.
came credit game good happiest hard iowa needed talked tough
Well, I'm happiest for Maurice (Ager). To his credit he had some tough games. He came up and talked to me after the Iowa game and said he was working hard and getting his rest, and he really needed to have a good game. I thought he was excellent.
fault hotel problems seems
Well I'm a little disappointed right now because we're having some hotel problems because there seems to be some other (events) booked. I don't know if that's the Big Ten's fault or Indianapolis' fault but that's a little concerning.
earned looking overtime played team win
We played Gonzaga, we played Arizona, we played all these overtime games, and I told (my team during a late-game huddle ) I thought we've earned the right to win this game. I felt, looking at them in the eye, that they were looking back at me saying, 'Damn right we do, and we're going to get it done.' And that was encouraging.
game george last mason played tough
We played George Mason last year; they played us to a very tough game out there.
guarantee ncaa plus thursday time travel winning
I think for the most part, winning is always more of an advantage. If you play (in the NCAA Tournament) on Thursday or Friday, and you don't have to travel through too many time zones, I don't think there's any plus in us losing. I didn't feel any better about it (last year). I can guarantee you that.
games problem
I still think we've got a lot to play for. The problem is the games aren't going to get any easier.