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
iowa played second
I thought Iowa played very solid. In the second half, they played much better defensively.
cost crying sitting totally
I'm sitting here crying about the officiating, that's not what totally cost us the game.
excited maybe train walking wreck
Maybe that's why I'm walking gingerly, I'm not as excited where our team's at yet. Because there's a train wreck coming.
maybe record resign retire
Maybe I should resign or retire and then maybe we can get our record back where it belongs.
guys jeopardize maybe medical shy wants
Maybe I'm hoping. I have no medical evidence. The two things I like is: I know we won't do anything to jeopardize him, and I know he wants to come back. Some guys would shy away from that for a while, and for him it's a no-brainer.
confidence internet keys lose maybe nowadays problem radio sudden survive talk three
I think that will be one of the keys to the season, will we survive if we lose two games, three games, maybe even five? ... The problem nowadays with the Internet and talk radio -- all of a sudden everyone's getting down on you, and your confidence can go down.
guess looks lose maybe picks potential small three win
It is a win-win-win. I guess on paper, if he goes, it looks like it's a lose for me. It's a lose if you look at the small picture, but a real win if you look at the big picture. The potential of maybe having three first-round picks is pretty impressive.
commitment leave
I think there was a little self-doubt. But I thought we made a commitment that we're going to try to play and leave it on the floor.
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.
bottom conference eight fight four gonna losses maybe others race round scheduling strongest teams ten top win
I said that there could be eight teams vie for the championship. I think scheduling (the Big Ten doesn't play a round robin, so some teams play others just once) is gonna play a part in everything. I still think our conference could fight to be the strongest in the country. When you look top to bottom at the conference race this year, four losses could win it, maybe more.
best credit gonna good joke normally rank
I said 'Oh, it's gonna be a charge,' and then he jumped, I think, over him. I would normally joke and take credit for that, but that was so good I can't even joke and take credit. That will rank right up with the best I've seen.
beat brains players respect
I respect their program, I respect their coach, I respect their players and recruited some of them, and yet I want to beat their brains in. That's just the way it works.
davis
I think Davis did the 'Lambeau Leap,' even.