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
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We're trying to check with all the pro teams and different places on what we can build him. If he's able to wear a football helmet or whatever we got to do, we'll do it. We are going to the Nth degree to find out anything we can find out that would give us a better chance to get him back quickly.
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The opportunity I've had here ... the chance to meet every one of you ... the chance to wear this uniform ... I thank you for letting us be (a) small part of it, ... We will never give you as much as you've given us, but we will promise you to spread the word and tell what you are all about when we get back home.
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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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Mo was extremely hot early, and we felt that, with the lead, we couldn't take the chance of getting him in foul trouble.
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I'm looking at this as a miniature Bob Hope tour. We're going to get a chance to bring a little bit of America over to them, since they've done so much for us.
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As far as my confidence in the team, as crazy as it sounds, I still think we have a chance to win our last two games. If we do that, I think we go into the Big Ten Tournament on a high and have every bit a chance to win as anybody else.
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They are maybe the biggest team in size on that front line, but I think it gives us a chance to play more people. They're not as athletic up front. They're don't score as much up front as some of the teams we've played recently.
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Do I feel as confident as last year? Last year, I really was confident. I'd say it like this. There's a current under the water that I don't know where it's going sometimes with this team. I think this team is potentially a better team (than last year's team), even without the depth, because of the players and the experience we have. Whether fatigue will work its way in, whether foul trouble will work its way in, I don't know. But I like the chances for us to play for a while.
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I don't think (we have) any chance (of playing) at The Palace. I think we would have had to win this thing to get a chance at The Palace.
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When you play that many (ranked teams) in a row, it becomes a mental strain as far as keeping your guys up. I think it helps that it's the Michigan game. I think our guys will be up for that. If there was going to be a time when they mentally let down a little bit, I don't see it being this week. Emotionally, it's Michigan-Michigan State and that carries more than anybody we play, let's be honest.
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We didn't play great but we played good enough to win. This was a step. How big a step? It's too early to tell.
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We did a pretty good job on a lot of guys, just free throws, free throws, free throws.
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When our recruiting changes, when we get to select instead of recruit, then I'll consider us in the next echelon.
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We just weren't in sync half the night, with guys out in foul trouble. It got to the point they were afraid to drive, afraid to do anything.