Happy 70th birthday, Tom Izzo! MSU coach’s birthday week could include Big Ten wins record

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Tom Izzo’s Michigan State basketball team has won 13 straight games and is sitting on top of the Big Ten standings.

The Spartans, who are ranked No. 7 in this week’s USA Today Coaches Poll, haven’t lost a game since the week of Thanksgiving.

And within the next week Izzo has the chance to become the winningest Big Ten basketball coach in history.

Oh, and today is Izzo’s 70th birthday.

It’s shaping up to be quite a birthday week for MSU’s Hall of Fame hoops coach.

Izzo and MSU are heading to California for games against USC (4:30 p.m. Saturday) and UCLA (10 p.m. Tuesday). If the Spartans win both, Izzo would pass Bob Knight’s record of 353 career Big Ten victories.

This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: MSU basketball: Tom Izzo turns 70, one win from tying Big Ten record

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Author : Lansing State Journal

Publish date : 2025-01-30 11:08:00

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