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16 hours ago
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Duke's Mike Krzyzewski will return as coach of Team USA for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to multiple reports. That means Michigan State coach Tom Izzo did not get the job. Izzo has spoken frequently of his desire to be the head coach or an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic team.
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4 days ago
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"Coach Izzo, I look at the respect his players have for him," Jones told 247Sports.com. "It goes to show what type of coach he is and how his players respect him and feel for him. It’s great for them to have a relationship with him like that."
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5 days ago
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"If you're going to have a good rivalry, then you've got to have two good teams. Right now, we've got two good teams. Hopefully that means that'll be some great water cooler conversations throughout the state."
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6 days ago
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Dick Vitale got emotional Thursday as he talked about the disease that will bring him together tonight with Tom Izzo, Adreian Payne and a 7-year-old from St. Johns who is battling it.
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6 days ago
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Tom Izzo spoke passionately to a group of donors Thursday evening, though these boosters were not the ones who were going to get the Michigan State University basketball coach new uniforms or facility upgrades.
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12 days ago
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MSU head basketball coach talks about Payne and Harris coming back next season, Spartans in the NBA and looking ahead to next season
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12 days ago
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An adjustment to block-charge guidelines is the most significant rules tweak to emerge from this week’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee meetings in Indianapolis. If it and other changes are approved, as expected, on June 18 and put into effect next season, a defender will have to be set earlier, before an offensive player begins his upward motion to shoot or pass — not before the offensive player is in the air, as in the past.
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14 days ago
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This Michigan State team has a world of potential. Gary Harris and Adreian Payne were potential first-rounders in this upcoming draft, but they opted to return to East Lansing. They want the opportunity to cut down the nets in Cowboys Stadium in 2014. They are dedicated to wearing the green and white, and this team has a chance to be very special.
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16 days ago
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Tom Izzo wants a healthy basketball team next season, that much he makes clear up front. But even with all of his players on the floor, the Spartans had their challenges at times, and Izzo got right to the point with where the improvement needs to start during last Thursday's ESPNU's podcast with analysts Andy Katz and Seth Greenberg.
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17 days ago
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Asked during an ESPN Podcast with Andy Katz and Seth Greenberg what would be one area he would want to shore up, Izzo alluded to the health issues that prevented Michigan State from ever really getting on track last season.
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18 days ago
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Tom Izzo is mixing it up on the recruiting trails with his fellow future hall of fame coaches, wedging his way into the battle for the services of the best prospect in the Class of 2014, Jahlil Okafor. According to a Chicago Sun-Times Season Pass story, Izzo made an in-home visit to the Okafors last week, as did Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and Kansas coach Bill Self.
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20 days ago
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Izzo grew particularly close to Payne last season, and the extra time the two spent together watching film on team flights had a direct impact on how and when Payne's game took off last season.
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20 days ago
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If athletic director Mark Hollis has his way, the next big Michigan State basketball event will be centered around a tribute to the mentor he shares with Tom Izzo. MSU is trying to put together a doubleheader to be played Dec. 7 at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash., featuring the four programs that are tied to Jud Heathcote, Hollis said today. MSU would play Gonzaga in one of the games, and Montana and Washington State would play in the other.
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22 days ago
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NCAA rules prevented Izzo from going into any detail about who he was going to see at the AAU tournament in Virginia, but a recent USA Today story shed light on that. Izzo, it seems, was sharing a wink and a nod with Jahlil Okafor, a 6-foot-11, 260-pound post from Whitney Young High School in Chicago who Rivals.com ranks as the No. 1 payer in the Class of 2014.
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22 days ago
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Pressure? What pressure? Asked about the expectations for next season that took a sharp turn to the north as soon as Adreian Payne said, “I’m gonna stay,” Tom Izzo invoked his friend Jim Leyland. Like Leyland, Izzo said he considers pressure to be much more intense when you don’t have the talent to compete. And Izzo won’t have that problem next season. But of course, he’ll have pressure.
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