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
great guard
He shouldn't be called a great guard or a great shooter. He should just be called a winner.
hour miles
He's got to be going 100 miles an hour all the time.
college handle needs skills stronger
He's got the skills to handle the ball, but he needs to get stronger to play at the college level, and he'll do that.
break came days efficient few good looked next sharp team
We looked like a team that came off a four-day break and weren't very sharp or efficient offensively. Hopefully, we'll get better in the next few days because we're not good enough right now.
guys higher rated signed
He was probably rated higher than some guys we signed in basketball.
good playing shoot shots
He was good. That's what he can do: He can shoot it. And I think it was good for him to get a little a confidence, some shots up and a little playing time.
changing control credit deserves forcing four guy hardly incredible product reasons senior shot staying team ton
He is a product of staying four years. He is having an incredible senior year. He's under control more. He deserves a ton of credit for changing his game. I hardly see him forcing his shot anymore. I think he's more of a team guy this year. I think that's one of the reasons they're better.
ability bringing concerned crowd good job might raise throw
He has that ability to raise a crowd off its feet. He's done a good job for them bringing that alone. ... You always have to be a little more concerned about a lob they might throw into the rafters that he can go get. That makes it more difficult.
beat
He had a big night. We didn't want him to beat us.
four situation speak stick volumes
He doesn't get to play the minutes, he doesn't sometimes even play that much in practice, and to stick that out four years in that situation I think speak volumes of the guy.
best bigger building laundry outside
He never made any excuses, ... He said he thought it would be a four-, five-year building process. He's a big-enough man, probably bigger than me, that he doesn't do his laundry outside of his office, even to his best friend.
advice advise jason kid might questions second
He might be only the second kid (after Jason Richardson) I would advise to do that, just because, that way, there'd be no questions unanswered.
game last took
We took more threes in this game than in the last two combined.
damn expect key stretch
But do I expect 18 and 10, 18 and 11? You're damn right I do. Paul's a big key to this stretch run.