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Izzo's Secret -- From Fall Follies to Final Fours
KJ's back! He has an article on Basketball Prospectus that analyzes why and how Izzo-led teams improve over the course of a season. It goes without saying that it's well worth your time, so click on the link and read it now. http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1897
"We are not going to just take anybody, either," Izzo said. "We are looking at a couple kids in...
"We are not going to just take anybody, either," Izzo said. "We are looking at a couple kids in Ohio. We are not relying on (this potential recruit) to be any kind of savior." Freep article on bringing in one more player next year
I saw Mark twice yesterday, and I can tell you, if he doesn't recover 105 percent, I would be...
I saw Mark twice yesterday, and I can tell you, if he doesn't recover 105 percent, I would be shocked. Tom Izzo prognosticates on Mark Dantonio's recuperation
"Look at Michigan State,'' one coach said. "They're there every year. When you see the dips, then...
"Look at Michigan State,'' one coach said. "They're there every year. When you see the dips, then you wonder. What happened? What didn't happen? But a guy like Tom Izzo, he's there every year because you know what his program is about and so do his players. There's a consistency and an integrity.''...
"I'm sure it looks like if I would have made the move that it would have been a worse move now that...
"I'm sure it looks like if I would have made the move that it would have been a worse move now that he (James) is gone, but I would have made it for more than one reason, and I didn't make the move for more than one reason. So it had no affect on me, as far as my job. And if he would have come...
Yet Another Basketball Blog: The State of Coaching (Summer 2010)
Interesting fact: Looking at the last 7 years of data for active Big Ten coaches, Tom Izzo teams rank 1st in the Big Ten in average adjusted offensive efficiency but only 5th in average adjusted defensive efficiency. Fabulous stuff, as always, over at YABB....
No caption needed. HT: Mike Miller/Beyond the Arc
No caption needed. HT: Mike Miller/Beyond the Arc
Live-Blogging Tom Izzo's Press Conference - SB Nation Detroit
Sean Yuille does the yeoman's work of transcribing press conference quotes from Simon, Hollis, and especially Izzo. The story of the press conference clearly was the exchange between Lynn Henning and Tom Izzo, wherein Henning challenged Izzo's media silence, and Izzo proceeded to absolutely...
In a phone interview just completed, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis acknowledged...
In a phone interview just completed, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis acknowledged that Cleveland's pursuit of Tom Izzo is the most serious publicly known threat to Izzo's MSU tenure since he nearly left for the Atlanta Hawks a decade ago. Rexrode talking to Hollis: Cavs' interest in...
So Sunday night, I reached Izzo via text and asked him about the Cavs. He replied that the reports...
So Sunday night, I reached Izzo via text and asked him about the Cavs. He replied that the reports are "way more (baloney) than substance." Joe Rexrode cites actual source calling Izzo/Cavs reports "baloney." Source happens to be Tom Izzo.
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