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
athletic hard kid labeled shake soft start whether
Sometimes I see things he can do, and I do shake my head. He's very, very athletic for a big kid and he's a very intelligent player. But when you start your career, you can get labeled, whether you're labeled soft or whatever. I've been hard on him, but in the big games, he has shined.
allowed guess question
The officiating, I question it. I really do. I question it. I guess I'm allowed to say that.
fatigue good handling job lead zero
Fatigue had zero to do with the loss. We did not do a good job of handling our lead in that situation.
fatigue zero
Fatigue had zero to do with the loss.
fragile time
This is a fragile time for a team.
four good last played
They played as good a last four (minutes) as you could play.
ball bright defense half played second turned
There were some bright spots. I think in the second half we played better. Our defense was better. They turned the ball over and we scored a lot on that.
christmas gotten greatest time
This is the greatest time of the year. For nine, 10 years, we've gotten better over Christmas.
basketball defensive good win
This is a very, very good basketball team. And it was a big win because we had to win it the defensive way.
good indiana ncaa ten tournament
This is still a very good Indiana team. They can do well in the Big Ten tournament and be a NCAA tourney team.
brown
Dee Brown killed us then, and Dee Brown killed us now.
good miss talk walks
The Big Ten's going to miss Dee Brown. He's good for this league. He doesn't talk it, he walks it.
bizarre good hung hurt played sort wisconsin
That was a bizarre game. I thought Wisconsin played very well in the first half, and we just sort of hung in the game. I thought it hurt them when Tucker went out, and I thought we did some good things, too.
including won
That was a big game, including the way we won it.