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
awesome few great hard hours last paid quite spent weight won
It is a great feeling. It is such an awesome feeling. I won it last year, and I won it again. I spent quite a few hours in the weight room. All the hard practices, it all paid off.
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.
enjoyed hard hit might watching
As hard as they played, I kind of enjoyed watching them. I don't know if they'll ever hit that many 3s again. But I know we're going to play better defense. And we might have three-a-days tomorrow.
hard
I still think we have a lot to play for, so it better not be hard (to get up).
drew harder
I don't think I can be harder on Drew than Drew is on Drew.
athletes board coached drawing good harder next players
It's back to the drawing board on defense. We have good enough athletes and good enough players to get it done. But they're going to be coached harder in the next three-and-a-half days.
brought deserved given harder night practice sure worked
They deserved to win. I'm not sure they worked any harder (than his team) in practice, but on this given night they brought it. It was their night and they deserved it.
drew expect far fatigue hard
I think it was more fatigue as far as Drew is concerned. It's hard to expect more (from him).
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.
coaching double four hard percent post shooting team tough
Sometimes you look like, 'Who's coaching that team?' because you're not doing anything on the post guy. But when you have four three-point shooters that are shooting 50 percent or better, it's hard to double down on them. They're a tough team to beat. They have so many weapons.
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.
coming felt game hardest loss next question rivalry
I think the hardest game (of the stretch) is the one (today). Coming off a rivalry game or a big game, the next game is always tough. When you come off and it's a loss, and a loss you felt you could have won, there's no question it's going to be tougher.
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.