Heading into the NCAA tournament, Tom Izzo issued a challenge to Jeremy Fears Jr. “What I told him in my meetings with him is that he’s gotta learn how to run a team and gather people,” the Hall of Fame coach said. “That’s not as easy as you think.” And yet, his point guard made it look that way from start to finish in 3-seed Michigan State basketball’s 92-67 blowout of 14-seed North Dakota State on Thursday, March 19.