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
blow good lost
I don't think it's a concussion, but I do think it was a pretty good blow and he lost some blood.
bad guys putting
I don't know what I can do about it. I feel bad that I'm putting those guys in that position, but that's just the way it is right now and it's what we've got to do.
few maybe mentally recent
I don't know why we haven't been consistent. I've said a few times that maybe we're not as tough, mentally or physically, as we have been in recent years.
guarantee
I can guarantee you... he's been through so much,
bounce game happy means
I am happy to see him bounce back. This game (basketball) means so much to him. I don't know many players, seriously, that this game means more to than Maurice Ager.
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I am extremely excited and appreciative of the opportunity to participate in a goodwill event like Operation Hardwood. With all that our troops are doing for us, I view this as a small way to give something back to them. The only thing I hope to get out of this experience is to see some joy in the soldiers' eyes.
damn expect key stretch
But do I expect 18 and 10, 18 and 11? You're damn right I do. Paul's a big key to this stretch run.
cap deep feather guess happen mentally ride
I guess it could happen to us, but I look at it the other way. If we can go deep into this tournament, I think mentally it will be a big feather in our cap and then we can ride that a little bit.
hard ncaa ten tournament
If we don't get better in the Big Ten tournament it's going to be hard to get better in the NCAA Tournament.
areas extended period played
If we hadn't done it before and played well for an extended period of time, I'd be panicking more than I am. I know in the areas that we've struggled, we're better than that.
chance execute good
If we can execute defensively as well as we do offensively, we have a chance to be a really good team.
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If this place isn't Duke and North Carolina with the number of good players in the state, it's the coaches' fault.
encouraged facts opinion
I have encouraged him to (speak out). My opinion is he has some facts to get straightened out. I don't know if he will or not.
shoot shot
I didn't like that we shot that many there early. You never want to shoot that many threes.