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
clutch couple exciting front happy home key plays
To do it in front of a lot of his home and family, that's pretty exciting and impressive. I was happy for him. I thought he made a couple of big key plays in clutch times.
boat games good lose next six team teams win
We've got a good enough team to win the next six games and we've got a good enough team to lose the next six games and I think a lot of teams are in that boat in this league.
anybody care destiny good positive
We have destiny in our hands. If we take care of our business, we don't need any help. That's what makes it, on the positive side, a good game. We don't need anybody else to do anything.
improves stock
(Brown) improves his stock if he comes back.
game looked officials
Even the officials looked at me before the game and said this is special. It was a big win.
bernard continues played
Bernard Cote played better for them and I think if he continues to play better that will be important for them in the future.
gotten maybe
At 19-9, it's not like we haven't gotten some things done. We just haven't maybe done what we think we can do yet.
chance given letting meet opportunity promise small spread thank uniform wear word
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.
letting opportunity small thank
The opportunity I've had here ... I thank you for letting us be (a) small part of it.
few hope maybe quite seem six understanding
There doesn't seem to be a lot of hope that he'll be able to play for quite a few weeks. Maybe three, maybe it could be six to eight. But there's no real understanding yet.
best concerns defensive good seem time wins
What are they best at? They seem to be a very, very good defensive team, which concerns me because that's usually what wins at this time of the year.
best concerns defensive good illinois maybe poor seem time wins
What are they best at? They seem to be a good defensive team, which concerns me because that's usually what wins at this time of year. Not a lot of pressing, but just solid, get-after-you-a-little-bit defense. Maybe a poor man's Illinois in that respect.
playing
We were out of energy. Playing Thursday-Saturday is a joke.
balls shoot throwing
We really didn't shoot very well. We just missed. In that first half, we were just throwing balls at the basket.