Tom Izzo Quotes

I think it's a shame, as good as our league is.

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If there's one area I'm probably not very good at it, it's taking the foot off the throttle. I'm gonna do that a little bit. We just have to get them fresh again.

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It sure feel good to be home. I can't tell you how much that helped some of our players.

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I've been in his shoes and know what he went through. They did a good job in the first half.

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Whenever you lose a few games, especially when you have a pretty good team, you're concerned about how fast things can slide.

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We have not had three guys as prolific as those three. They've been pretty special, and they're good guys that are going to graduate, making them the total package.

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We did a pretty good job on a lot of guys, just free throws, free throws, free throws.

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This is still a very good Indiana team. They can do well in the Big Ten tournament and be a NCAA tourney team.

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Shannon Brown does have a knack for rising to the occasion in big games. He kind of thrives on the pressure. When I told him he had to take over a little bit, he did it in such a controlled way - even with that dunk he had, one of the best I've ever seen here.

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It's going to be sad to see some seniors go that have done a lot of things for us, won a lot of games.

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We didn't get beat by some chopped-liver team. I mean, don't kid yourself They're going to win a lot of games -- a lot of games.

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Now that we've got our lineup straightened out the last month, our rotation may be similar to some of our real good teams, ... We're not as good defensively, we're not as good a rebounding team, but we're a much better shooting team. It's different, but it's got some similarities in areas that are key to winning championships.

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He is a good kid.

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You do have to have good teams, let's not kid ourselves. And I think Bruce Weber has done a phenomenal job there.

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I think he's done some good things. He made a couple great passes, then he made a couple bad ones, but he's getting better.

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I told them in the huddle that we played Gonzaga and Arizona we played all those overtime games and we've earned the right to win the game. They looked back at me and said, 'Damn right we did.

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We've got a good enough team to win the next six games and we've got a good enough team to lose the next six games and I think a lot of teams are in that boat in this league.

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Sometimes I see things he can do, and I do shake my head. He's very, very athletic for a big kid and he's a very intelligent player. But when you start your career, you can get labeled, whether you're labeled soft or whatever. I've been hard on him, but in the big games, he has shined.

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We played pretty well in both Illinois games and he just made some plays. Tonight, we found a way to clamp down a little bit more. Defensively, we didn't really give him a single look.

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We didn't execute as well in the last three minutes. We were shooting almost 50 against a good team, we just couldn't get it done down the stretch.

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I've never had a real good team have so little depth. Strategically I don't know what you can do.

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I don't feel great about it because destiny's not in our total hands. But I feel good that we're going to be difference-makers.

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This is the greatest time of the year. For nine, 10 years, we've gotten better over Christmas.

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Normally the guys who are successful as freshmen are playing on average teams. The proof's in the pudding the last six, seven years. The problem in athletics is we tend to take that one exception Anthony and make it the norm. I think everybody's got to be careful.

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I didn't think we were ever in the game, even when we were ahead. I was disappointed maybe in all ends of the court, for us, but I'd say that Minnesota had the most to with that. They just played harder.

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