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
deal emotions jobs sure
Sometimes, these jobs deal with emotion. I just wanted to make sure he didn't do that.
beat coming sure
We're the ones coming off two losses, and they beat us down there. I'm sure they'll be hungry, we'll be hungry. I don't know if it'll be more or less, but I know what we're going to be.
good helped sure
It sure feel good to be home. I can't tell you how much that helped some of our players.
brought deserved given harder night practice sure worked
They deserved to win. I'm not sure they worked any harder (than his team) in practice, but on this given night they brought it. It was their night and they deserved it.
few late motivating playing position quite season sure ten
This is just as much a must-win for them. They've got to be hungry. They've never been in this position in quite a few years now, this late in the season playing for a Big Ten championship. I'm sure that's going to be motivating for them.
appreciate assistant blame breaking deserve fights-and-fighting ncaa sure wants
The NCAA wants you to make sure nobody's fighting, and then they don't want you breaking it up. My assistant doesn't deserve any of the blame for that; I do. I didn't appreciate the double-technical because I didn't think that was deserved.
again bone change decision maybe plays sure wear
I'd say, right now, it's maybe 50-50 (that he plays this weekend), and yet I don't know what would change it, what would make it 70-30. He's going to wear the same 'Friday the 13th' mask, and he's going to have the same mouthpiece. I'm sure they'll X-ray it again and see how the bone has grown, and then we'll probably make the decision (today) or Wednesday.
either people picked played road sure toughest win
I'm not sure how many people would have picked us to win either road game. We played at the two toughest road places.
lacking saying sure
I'm going to say what I've been saying all year, yes, we are lacking a leader. Our turnovers, 16-12 isn't ridiculous, but I'm sure they scored on a lot of them.
basket confidence lost seem sure work
I'm disappointed that right now, we can't seem to find the basket with anything. I'm sure we've lost some confidence ? we're going to have to work through it.
playing
We were out of energy. Playing Thursday-Saturday is a joke.
address luxury
We will not have that luxury this year. But we will address it in other ways.
brutal mouth tried
I've tried to just keep my mouth quiet. It is a brutal, brutal, brutal schedule. And if you go through everyone's schedule, which I've done, there's no one even close. But so be it.
along beating capable cut helped indiana iowa michigan six state teams themselves week winning work
I've said all along there were six teams capable of winning the Big Ten, and that hasn't changed. Iowa has its work cut out for it, but they've helped themselves a lot this week winning at Indiana and beating Michigan State at home.