Tom Crean goes from Tom Izzo's assistant to top-ranked rival

Posted 210 days ago | Tags: izzo tom crean

mlive.com — To Indiana coach Tom Crean, Michigan State is no friendly rival. Crean might have been longtime friends with Tom Izzo and coached at Michigan State as Izzo’s right-hand man in the 1990s. Their wives might be friends. Their daughters might be friends.But Crean said he doesn’t view the Spartans as friendly rivals at all.