Tom Izzo’s comments after Michigan State basketball’s road win over Michigan

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Michigan State basketball picked up what is probably its biggest and most satisfying win of the season when they beat their rivals, Michigan, on the road in Ann Arbor. The win gave the Spartans sole ownership over the No. 1 spot in the Big Ten and the ability to control their own destiny moving forward.

After the game, Tom Izzo spoke to the media about the win, his thoughts on Michigan, and how he feels about his program heading into the last stretch of the season.

On the keys to the win

Tom Izzo opens with his overall thoughts on the game and the keys to the win.

‘Most of the credit should go to my assistant coaches and my players. You know the job they did with the quick turnarounds and what they went through was unbelievable. We beat a damn good team today. They are hard to guard. They missed some shots too. I thought in the first half we were awful. We only had the one guy, Jase, that played well. And when I went in at halftime I said we’ve got a chance, because I thought we’d be about 15 down the way we played. Maybe they didn’t make some shots, although they shot 53-percent, but the turnovers we had that led to touchdowns were ridiculous. So we felt that if we could just do a few things, move the ball a little better, make some shots, which for us, to make that many threes is a miracle the way we’ve been shooting lately. I really felt like Tre Holloman did a hell of a job and Jase Richardson was unbelievable. And we got lucky, you know, Jeremy banks in a shot… They missed a couple of shots I think they normally hit. Well-coached team, they changed it up on us, went zone and man, but I thought our guys responded after a couple of tough runs.’

On the early turnovers

The Spartans started the game with some ugly turnovers, but were able to end the game up in the turnover margin.

‘I give them credit for some of them, I give us blame for a lot of them… We were trying to go too fast. We were trying to be quick but don’t hurry, as the saying goes. We weren’t quick and did…

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Author : Spartans Wire

Publish date : 2025-02-22 15:17:00

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