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detnews.com —  Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo likes his team's chances of making a third-straight NCAA Final Four, but he knows it will -- as always -- take a little luck to reach it in 2011. read more »
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freep.com —  Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo was the honorary pace car driver for the start of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. read more »
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apps.detnews.com —  It's hard to believe it was only two short months ago that Tom Izzo nearly left Michigan State. After a well-publicized courting by the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, Izzo decided he was staying in East Lansing, saying he was a "Spartan for life." read more »
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spartyon.fantake.com —  Izzo’s naysayers were dead-set that flirting with the somewhat high-profile Cavaliers position was going to turn off recruits. read more »
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beyondthearc.nbcsports.com —  Wanna play for Tom Izzo? Take a number. Michigan State snagged its fifth verbal commitment in the last 12 days when Bay City, Mich., big man Matt Costello agreed to play for Izzo's program. That means every MSU roster spot it filled for 2011 and 2012. read more »
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espn.go.com —  Over the past 12 days, Izzo has landed five verbal commitments, filling out his rosters for the 2011 and 2012 seasons in less than two weeks. read more »
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spartannation.com —  Ten years after playing for Izzo, Chappell credits the players who pledge to the future Hall of Fame coach. “I think it comes down to your work ethic, buying into the system. Coming in, sacrificing, and working as hard as you can.” read more »
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freep.com —  Over the past week, the Michigan State men's basketball program said good-bye to Chris Allen and unofficially said hello to two recruits for the 2010 signing class that will begin play in fall 2011. read more »
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spartannation.com —  This week has provided Spartan fans with a lot of excitement of the recruiting trail. Tom Izzo appears to have solidified his 2011 recruiting class heading into the fall and the early November signing period. read more »
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freep.com —  Izzo's program was the shining example of the four majors at U-M and MSU; his teams exceeded the national average of 944 all six years of record-keeping and had three years with a perfect 1,000 score -- meaning all seniors graduated. read more »
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statenews.com —  MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo has been selected to drive the pace car Aug. 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400, speedway officials announced Thursday.

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noise.typepad.com —  If I had to pick one word to describe the way Tom Izzo sounded on the phone late Tuesday night, I'd go with dismayed. He said of his dismissal of Chris Allen from the team: "I'm not feeling good." read more »
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freep.com —  "If I talked to him, I would have asked him: Could you handle a college coach?" Izzo told ESPN.com. "It wouldn't have been are you coming back or not. I wouldn't have been that stupid to do something like that to him because that wouldn't have been fair to him." read more »
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espn.go.com —  Michigan State's Tom Izzo had to make his decision about coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers long before LeBron James made his overhyped "Decision" about whether to return to the franchise. read more »
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freep.com —  Lots of people think Michigan State could win the NCAA basketball title this season, but Tom Izzo, not so much. He has Purdue as the Big Ten favorite. read more »
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