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ShowMeBuck
You know what? Chicken butt.
If you’d consider running for POTUS I’d vote for ya.
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ScriptOhio
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Michigan State men's college basketball coach Tom Izzo gets new 5-year, $31 million deal
Michigan State has signed men's college basketball coach Tom Izzo to a new five-year deal valued at $6.2 million per season, giving him about $2 million more each year.
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"Michigan State has been a home to me and my family for 40 years and I'm ecstatic to sign this contract," Izzo said in the statement.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...oach-tom-izzo-gets-new-5-year-31-million-deal
Michigan State has signed men's college basketball coach Tom Izzo to a new five-year deal valued at $6.2 million per season, giving him about $2 million more each year.
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"Michigan State has been a home to me and my family for 40 years and I'm ecstatic to sign this contract," Izzo said in the statement.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...oach-tom-izzo-gets-new-5-year-31-million-deal
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ScriptOhio
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Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo showed frustration with his team's defensive intensity level by snapping a clipboard during a timeout in the second half of Friday's NCAA Tournament first-round win over USC. Analyst Charles Barkley said after the game he thought Izzo's defensive game plan was "sensational" after halftime, when the Spartans held the Trojans scoreless for a five-minute stretch that decided the game. Izzo's sideline antics seemed to motivate his team.
"These are harder to break than those old cardboard ones that (Steve) Lappas had," Izzo told CBS Sports after the game. "He wouldn’t have been strong enough to break this. It’s just part of the fun. You know what, we’re going to coach guys. We’re going to be hard on them because defense wins games.”
Izzo is coaching in the NCAA Tournament for the 25th-consecutive season.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Izzo gets a couple huge returns. And has a top 5 class on the way.
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Tom Izzo questions Big Ten expansion, increased travel: 'Is somebody crazy?'
ON BIG TEN EXPANSION:“My thoughts (with regard to travel) are, ‘Is somebody crazy?’ But at the same time, I’m going to do whatever we do. But this one takes on a new world, because I just don’t know how you’re going to do it academically, scheduling, all those things. It takes on a-whole-nother part. But somehow, someway, I’m sure it’ll work out.
“If you want to look at it a positive way, you’re a player getting exposure from L.A. to New York. That’s pretty good as far as that goes. I can’t say I’m not a traditionalist that enjoys a conference when you get to play everybody twice, or at least most teams. Now, I think the schedule dictates the champion almost more than the team. That part I don’t like as much. But the exposure — we’re adding four quality teams, that’s for sure. I think they’re going to bring a lot to the Big Ten. Hopefully it works out.
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Tom Izzo 'not a fan' of transfer portal, argues against players making more money than him via NIL
The Michigan State basketball coach has problems with the current state of college athletics.
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo has criticized NIL and the transfer portal in the past and doubled down on his stance during an interview with Big Ten Network on Friday. Izzo shook his head at players transferring "3-4 times" and argued for a cap on NIL earnings for student-athletes."I'm not a fan of the transfer rule," Izzo said. "If that hurts me in recruiting, that's a shame. It should help me. I look at these kids; not every place is for everybody. But when you're transferring 3-4 times, I wonder what that's going to be like for those kids later on in life? Every student needs a place to go back to. They're going to be going back to four different places? They ain't going to be embraced by all those people.
"I always believed players should get more money, but it went to more money than you and I make. I don't think that's right. Paying your dues and going through things is what's going to make you better in the long run."
Izzo's comments follow statements he made earlier this month about players getting too much money at too young an age. He also compared his marriage to the transferring portal, arguing that good can come from standing by your first choice and working through differences.
"Sometimes, when you're given too much at an early age, as we see with movie stars or we see with people in music, it's never a great ending," Izzo said at the Detroit Economic Club. "I know my wife has tried to put me in the transfer portal a lot, but I'm still there. You don't get to just transfer out of everything. I'm 100% for the true version of the NIL if name, image and likeness can make you money. I'm not interested in pay-for-play."
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MSU's Izzo passes Knight for most Big Ten wins
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo passed Bobby Knight for the most conference wins in Big Ten history with 354.
Michigan State's Tom Izzo passes Knight for most Big Ten wins
Michigan State's Tom Izzo followed one of the most disappointing losses of his coaching career with a record-setting victory.The No. 11 Spartans came from behind to beat Illinois 79-65 on Saturday night for Izzo's 354th career Big Ten victory, breaking former Indiana coach Bob Knight's record of 353 conference wins.
"What a win," Izzo said. "You talk about the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
"We disappointed so many people [Tuesday] when we lost to Indiana at home. It was one of the worst defeats of my career because of the way we played. To pick ourselves off the ground after that loss and win in this environment after falling behind by 16 points [in the first half] was incredible."
Izzo and Illinois coach Brad Underwood are friends who talk often and respect each other's programs.
But that didn't lessen the sting of losing to the Spartans for Underwood. Michigan State outscored the Illini 42-24 in the second half and finished the game with a 15-point run over the final 8½ minutes.
"It stinks," Underwood said.
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Tom Izzo Rips NCAA Over Former NBA Draft Pick Committing to Baylor
Tom Izzo spoke out against the NCAA after former NBA draft pick James Nnaji’s commitment to Baylor
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Tom Izzo Rips NCAA Over Former NBA Draft Pick Committing to Baylor
James Nnaji the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA draft, recently committed to play for Scott Drew and Baylor.In the ever-changing landscape of college sports, another seismic shift came recently with the news of former NBA draft pick James Nnaji’s commitment to Baylor. Nnaji, the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA draft, has played in Europe since he was drafted and the Knicks currently own his draft rights.
He has never appeared in an NBA game, but taking the college route sparks an immediate question about the harsh reality of college sports in the modern age. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo hasn’t been afraid to criticize the NCAA in its new age of NIL, most recently for the decision to grant eligibility to multiple former NBA G League players to play college basketball. The legendary Spartans coach always sticks up for the integrity of the game and especially its players. He was asked about Nnaji’s commitment and provided some candid thoughts for the NCAA to chew on.
“Now we’re taking guys that were drafted in the NBA and everything,” Izzo said via Spartans Illustrated. “I said it to you a month and a half ago, come on Magic [Johnson] and Gary [Harris], let’s go baby. Let’s do it, why not? If that’s what we’re going through, shame on the NCAA. Shame on the coaches too, but shame on the NCAA. Because coaches are going to do what they got to do I guess, but the NCAA is the one.
“Those people on those committees that are making those decisions to allow something so ridiculous and not think of the kid. Everybody talks about me thinking about my program as selfish, no. Get that straight for all of you, I’m thinking of what is best for my son if he was in that position. And I just don’t agree with it.”
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'This s*** is crazy' — Baylor's addition of James Nnaji further blurs line between pro and college hoops
The combination of schools looking for players outside the traditional recruiting realm and judges eroding the NCAA’s ability to enforce eligibility rules has led everyone here, whether they like it or not.
'This s*** is crazy' — Baylor's addition of James Nnaji further blurs line between pro and college hoops
It’s rare for a college basketball story to enter the mainstream sports conversation on Christmas Eve, but Baylor’s announcement that it had added center James Nnaji — the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA Draft — was enough of a “What are we doing here?” moment for it to break through.
Though college sports is now professional in almost every sense — including players who have signed pro contracts in Europe and the NBA G League finding their way to college basketball this year — the Nnaji development feels like new territory. This isn’t someone who slipped through the cracks or got bad advice, turned pro out of high school and ran into a career dead end. Nnaji, who has been playing in Europe, was one draft slot away from being a first-round pick with a guaranteed NBA contract. He played in the NBA Summer League and has even been part of a trade.
“Santa Claus is delivering mid season acquisitions…this s*** is crazy!!” UConn coach Dan Hurley wrote on X shortly after the news became public.
Is this really the type of player who should be part of college basketball? Who knows, maybe Arizona can get LeBron James on the bench for its Final Four push if he wants to play with his son Bryce....
That would be absurd, of course — and, to be clear, expressly against NCAA rules since these pro-to-college cases must take place within five years of high school — but you can be forgiven if it seems like anything goes these days.
And guess what? As more college programs pursue mid-year additions, some have even checked in with G League players on two-way contracts who have appeared in actual NBA games. That seems inevitable at some point, too, given where this trend seems to be headed.
But don’t blame Baylor or any program for pursuing those players.
While you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in college sports who thinks this is a good development, schools are merely doing what the NCAA has given them the green light to do as it waits and hopes for some kind of antitrust protection from Congress that would allow for the actual enforcement of the rulebook rather than a mishmash of eligibility rulings.
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Just sayin': Who knew that you could get drafted by the NBA, play professionally in Europe, and then still be eligible to play college basketball? He's listed (below) on Baylor's roster as a Freshman:
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