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
call
We were kind of discombobulated. I thought I had better call a timeout. We were scrambling.
bruce good job kid phenomenal
You do have to have good teams, let's not kid ourselves. And I think Bruce Weber has done a phenomenal job there.
brown felt stretch took
We had one stretch where we felt we were getting clobbered in there and Dee Brown took over. A combination of the two is not a pretty sight.
false games
I think it's really important, for two reasons. No. 1, for the games themselves, and No. 2, so that we don't get a false sense of where we are.
gave glad greatest including seemed troops
It had to go through a lot of channels, including the Pentagon, and there were times it seemed like it wasn't going to happen. But I'm glad it did because it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The troops thanked us for being there, but they gave us more than we gave them.
focused incredible meeting national potential troops year
It has been an incredible year for me, ... When I got back, I had a meeting and told my team, 'If you can be as disciplined and focused as our troops over there, we could be a potential national champion.'
It's kind of out of my hands, it's kind of out of his hands.
days five four hands medical pressure puts three
It's kind of out of my hands and kind of out of his hands, for the most part. That puts a lot of pressure on the doctors. ... To medical people, three or four or five days makes a big difference.
finally practice
It's kind of nice. They don't like to practice?I do. So they finally get their way.
sad seniors won
It's going to be sad to see some seniors go that have done a lot of things for us, won a lot of games.
atmosphere hope incredible
It should be an incredible atmosphere for what we hope is an incredible game.
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?