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
definitely felt gives good hands
I felt good only because it gives you a chance. It's definitely still not in our own hands but it does give you a chance.
cap deep feather guess happen mentally ride
I guess it could happen to us, but I look at it the other way. If we can go deep into this tournament, I think mentally it will be a big feather in our cap and then we can ride that a little bit.
hard ncaa ten tournament
If we don't get better in the Big Ten tournament it's going to be hard to get better in the NCAA Tournament.
areas extended period played
If we hadn't done it before and played well for an extended period of time, I'd be panicking more than I am. I know in the areas that we've struggled, we're better than that.
carolina duke good north number players
If this place isn't Duke and North Carolina with the number of good players in the state, it's the coaches' fault.
encouraged facts opinion
I have encouraged him to (speak out). My opinion is he has some facts to get straightened out. I don't know if he will or not.
shoot shot
I didn't like that we shot that many there early. You never want to shoot that many threes.
guy time touched
I did not like the way it was called. Every time we touched a guy there was a foul.
challenge people sell
I'd like to sell the place out. We've had 13,000 (fans), but when you say it was packed that's a whole different deal. So I challenge people to do that.
bad guys putting
I don't know what I can do about it. I feel bad that I'm putting those guys in that position, but that's just the way it is right now and it's what we've got to do.
few maybe mentally recent
I don't know why we haven't been consistent. I've said a few times that maybe we're not as tough, mentally or physically, as we have been in recent years.
consistent matter putting reinvent somewhere team throughout
What we haven't been is a very consistent team in all those areas. At least we don't have to reinvent the wheel. Somewhere throughout the season, we've done those things. Now it's a matter of putting them together.
brown cramp gets guy question
Guy gets a cramp ? that's no big deal. Is that something that's a day-to-day thing? No. There's one thing you should never question on Shannon Brown and that's his heart.
athletic key
He's just so athletic and can make the key play.