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Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo didn’t enter this past season with sky-high expectations for the Spartans, but under his direction, the team ended up capturing a Big Ten championship and a top seed in the NCAA tournament. “We adjusted our goals as we went,” Izzo said Friday while serving as the keynote speaker for Davenport University’s Excellence in Business fundraising gala. “The reason we did -- tremendous leadership.”
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Bring up the NCAA Tournament and the year 1979 around East Lansing, and the reaction is predictable. It was that spring that Earvin "Magic" Johnson helped lead Michigan State to its first basketball national championship. That year has become synonymous with championship basketball for Spartans fans. But there was another NCAA milestone that season, one that took place only a few months later and only a Kirk Gibson home run from Jenison Field House.
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While Draymond Green was putting together a Big Ten player of the year campaign as a senior at Michigan State, NBA talent evaluators began envisioning him as a first-round draft pick. More recently, Green has been hearing he could be selected in the 20-to-30 range of the first round.
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"I try to take a leadership role with this team," he said during spring practice last month. "The seniors know how things should be done, and we want to carry on that legacy of success that we've had since we've been here. I have always felt like a leader, but now I am taking on that role even more. I am being more vocal about it. Before I was leading by my actions, but now I have to lead by my words, too."
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Michigan State Spartans basketball followers have been spoiled since Tom Izzo took over as coach. It's possible they're one of the most comfortable and confident fanbases in all of sports. Six Final Fours, and a national title -- constantly running toward Big Ten titles -- have made the Michigan State faithful expect nothing but the best each season.
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The Michigan State women's golf team is in 12th place following two rounds at the NCAA East Regional held at the Penn State Blue Course. The Spartans carded a team score of 304 on Friday and are at 604 for the tournament, currently five shots behind eighth-place Washington.
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Michigan State finished Day 1 action at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships with two Spartans earning bronze medals in the hammer throw and a member of the women’s distance squad earning six points in the 10,000-Meter Run.
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Drew Stanton endured a tough era of Spartans football. Nevertheless, he was a strong college quarterback. How did they replace him? Rookie head coach Mark Dantonio tabbed Brian Hoyer, who only had a couple of starts under his belt. Hoyer went on to guide MSU to a 18-8 regular season record over the next couple of years. So who's going take over for Hoyer?
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