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
along consistent faster hands honest hoping maybe moving pressure puts saying ten work
I was hoping to have him back Saturday, and it didn't work out. It's kind of out of my hands and kind of out of his hands, to be honest with you. That puts pressure on the doctors. For the most part, they've been consistent saying that maybe he could do something Big Ten tournament-time. We were hoping, because everything was moving along a little faster, that it would be faster than that.
coached consistent group players star three tonight whatever
Paul, Mo, Shannon were just not the same players tonight. For 12 of 13 games, I thought that our three star players were as consistent as any group I've coached over the years, and tonight for whatever reason, we weren't as consistent.
consistent guys trying understand
I'm trying to understand why we haven't been as consistent as we need to be. I'm only disappointed when guys don't play to their potential, and we haven't had enough guys do that together.
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.
forced tried
He probably tried to do too much because he was forced into that position.
iowa played second
I thought Iowa played very solid. In the second half, they played much better defensively.
finally practice
It's kind of nice. They don't like to practice?I do. So they finally get their way.
fatigue zero
Fatigue had zero to do with the loss.
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.
becoming control game growing means player speaks special thrives took volumes
He kind of thrives on pressure, he kind of thrives on big moments. He took control of the game, under control. And that speaks volumes of a player when he can take control of game and do it under control. I think that means the guy's really growing up and becoming a special player.
espn late talk
On ESPN in late February, that's all they talk about.
nba turned
I turned down going to the NBA so I wouldn't have back-to-backs.
brutal juniors playing seniors tough
It is a brutal schedule, and if you've been through everybody's, as I've done, it's not even close. But so be it. If there's one thing these seniors and juniors are used to, it's playing tough schedules.
evenings job nine sad seniors won
In my nine years, this is one of the more disappointing evenings I had in this job because it's going to be sad to see some seniors go who've done a lot for us, won a lot of games.