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
last months practices seven six
I feel for that kid. He's only been in six or seven practices in the last two months so we can't even do what we want to do with him yet.
alan anderson brings cover guy loss maybe people physical players quick six three
He'll be out three to six weeks. It's a big loss for us. We're not the most physical team, and he brings a little physicality. And maybe more importantly, he's a guy who can cover people on the perimeter or inside. We don't have many players who are quick enough to do that, like Alan Anderson did.
finish good higher league left played sixth somebody team understand
It doesn't feel as good (playing the first day) as we were the only team left that had never played on Thursday. I'm disappointed that we didn't finish higher but I understand how good the league is and somebody had to finish sixth or seventh.
games paranoid practice six soft three
I've been a little soft in practice lately, because I've been paranoid about this three games in six days.
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I've said all along there were six teams capable of winning the Big Ten, and that hasn't changed. Iowa has its work cut out for it, but they've helped themselves a lot this week winning at Indiana and beating Michigan State at home.
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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.
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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.