When Tom Izzo looks down his bench or across the table in meetings, he doesn’t simply see the many faces of new assistants. He gets a glimpse of his coaching past. Thomas Kelley? As an assistant coach, Izzo recruited the guard from his Grand Rapids high school to Michigan State basketball. They reached the Final Four together in 1999. Austin Thornton? He, too, played for Izzo in two Final Fours, including the 2009 national championship game.
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