A few minutes after 11 p.m. on Selection Sunday, an email from Michigan State’s athletic communications department underscored the basketball program’s ubiquity this time of year. Izzo Sets Record for Most Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances as Spartans Extend Streak to 25 Straight, the subject line read, and the body of the message explained how head coach Tom Izzo, now 68 years old, had surpassed former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s mark of 24 uninterrupted bids.
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