19/20 Tom Izzo - Michigan State Playbook
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19/20 Tom Izzo - Michigan State Playbook by Ethan Rycenga only $10
Tom Izzo was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2016, cementing his status as one of the game’s all-time greats.
Now in his 25th year, Izzo has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments, including the 2000 NCAA National Championship, nine regular-season Big Ten Championships, six Big Ten Tournament titles, eight Final Four appearances, eight National Coach of the Year awards and a Big Ten-record 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
These accomplishments, however, are not what make Izzo one of the best in the game, but rather it is his insatiable desire to accomplish more.
With a career record of 606-232, it’s easy to see that Izzo knows how to win, but he also knows how to win the right way. In his 24 years directing the Spartan program, 85 percent of his players who completed their eligibility also left with a degree. In the last 20 years, 59 Spartans have received their undergraduate degrees.
In 24 seasons, Izzo has returned Michigan State to national prominence, placed his name in the NCAA record books and become a leader among college basketball coaches.
Izzo’s 606 wins are fifth most by any coach in his first 24 seasons in the history of college basketball. In late November 2009, he passed his mentor Jud Heathcote (340 wins) to become MSU’s all-time winningest coach. When the Spartans beat Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Big Ten Tournament, Izzo won his 600th career game.
In the NCAA Tournament, Izzo is at his best, winning at a clip of .706 to rank fourth among all active coaches with at least 10 tournament games coached. His 52 NCAA Tournament wins are the most ever for a Big Ten coach, and rank sixth all-time.
A 2015 inductee into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, Izzo led MSU to seven Final Four appearances between 1999 and 2015, becoming just the fourth school in college basketball history to do it in any 17-year span, including just the third since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Izzo is one of just two coaches in NCAA history to reach four Final Fours in his first 10 years of coaching, joining Ohio State’s Fred Taylor, and is just the second coach in NCAA history to appear in seven Final Fours in a 17-year span since the tournament expanded to 64 teams. His seven Final Four appearances rank fifth all-time, third among active coaches and first all-time among Big Ten coaches. Two stats stand out in Izzo’s NCAA Tournament success: 1) MSU is 22-6 in the second game of an NCAA Tournament weekend 2) MSU is 14-11 as the lower-seeded team, while the 14 wins are the most in NCAA Tournament history for any coach.
Through 24 seasons, Izzo is one of the most successful coaches in Big Ten history. His .696 winning percentage in Big Ten games ranks third all-time among league coaches with at least 10 years of service. In all games, Izzo ranks fourth (.723). With 288 conference victories, Izzo ranks second all-time, trailing just Indiana’s Bob Knight (353 wins), while also ranking second for most wins at a Big Ten institution (606), trailing just Knight (662).
Furthermore, Izzo brings stability to Michigan State basketball. Including 12 years as an assistant, the 2019-20 season is Izzo’s 37th with the Spartans, as he is the longest serving active Big Ten men’s basketball head coach. He is also a leader among his peers, serving as the NABC President from April 2010-April 2011, while currently serving as Director Emeritus. He’s also held spots on the John R. Wooden Award Board of Governors and the USA Basketball Collegiate Committee.
Over the past 22 seasons, Izzo has compiled an impressive 573-204 (.737) record. A quick look at other stats further demonstrates the Spartans’ success over that stretch: 270-111 (.709) in the Big Ten; 313-36 (.897) at the Breslin Center, including a Big Ten record 53-game winning streak; 126-107 (.541) against Top 25 teams (including four wins over No. 1-ranked teams); 84-37 (.694) in postseason play and 52-21 (.712) in the NCAA Tournament.
Individually, players have excelled under Izzo. Twelve Spartans (Charlie Bell, Mateen Cleaves, Paul Davis, Draymond Green, Gary Harris, Drew Neitzel, Adreian Payne, Morris Peterson, Jason Richardson, Denzel Valentine, Miles Bridges and Cassius Winston) have earned some form of All-America honors. Valentine earned six different National Player of the Year awards in 2016 (Associated Press, Basketball Times, NABC, NBC, Sports Illustrated and USA TODAY Sports), and Green was named National Player of the Year by the NABC in 2012. Chris Hill was a three-time Academic All-American, including being named the Academic All-American of the Year in 2005, while Neitzel also earned Academic All-America accolades.
Thirty-seven different players have earned all-conference recognition, including 14 different first-team honorees, six Big Ten Players of the Year (Cleaves, Green, Lucas, Peterson, Valentine, Winston), three Big Ten Freshmen of the Year (Gary Harris, Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr.) and two Big Ten Defensive Players of the Year (Travis Walton and Jackson Jr.).
One of the reasons for Izzo’s success is his ability to recruit some of the nation’s most talented high school players. During his time as head coach, Izzo has recruited 15 McDonald’s All-Americans (Mateen Cleaves - 1996, Jason Richardson - 1999, Marcus Taylor and Zach Randolph - 2000, Kelvin Torbert - 2001, Paul Davis - 2002, Shannon Brown and Brandon Cotton - 2003, Keith Appling - 2010, Branden Dawson - 2011, Gary Harris - 2012, Deyonta Davis - 2015, Miles Bridges and Joshua Langford - 2016, Jaren Jackson Jr. - 2017). In addition, 11 of the last 19 Michigan Mr. Basketball award winners suited up for the Green and White (1999 - Richardson, 2000 - Taylor, 2001 - Torbert, 2002 - Davis, 2004 - Drew Neitzel, 2009 - Derrick Nix, 2010 - Appling, 2012 - Matt Costello, 2015 - Davis, 2016 - Cassius Winston, 2018 - Foster Loyer), while Shannon Brown won the 2003 Illinois Mr. Basketball Award and Gary Harris won the 2012 Indiana Mr. Basketball Award.
But perhaps even more important to Izzo’s success is his ability to take young talent and develop a player’s skills, allowing him to grow as a player and go on to play professionally. Under Izzo, Michigan State has had 20 players selected in the NBA Draft, including 19 since 2000, 11 of whom were first rounders (Mateen Cleaves - 2000 first round, Morris Peterson - 2000 first round, Jason Richardson - 2001 first round, Zach Randolph - 2001 first round, Andre Hutson - 2001 second round, Marcus Taylor - 2002 second round, Erazem Lorbek - 2005 second round, Shannon Brown - 2006 first round, Maurice Ager - 2006 first round, Paul Davis - 2006 second round, Goran Suton - 2009 second round, Draymond Green - 2012 second round, Adreian Payne - 2014 first round, Gary Harris - 2014 first round, Branden Dawson - 2015 second round, Denzel Valentine - 2016 first round, Deyonta Davis - 2016 second round, Jaren Jackson Jr. - 2018 first round, Miles Bridges - 2018 first round). Ager, Cleaves, Dawson, D. Davis, P. Davis, Harris, Payne, Richardson, Randolph and Taylor were all high school All-Americans, but Izzo took others who were not ranked in the top 75 coming out of high school, and turned them into NBA talent. In addition, Izzo-recruit Charlie Bell played in the NBA during the 2001-02 season after signing a free agent contract. After a successful stint overseas, Bell played seven more seasons in the NBA. Alan Anderson, a member of the 2005 Final Four team, signed a free agent contract and played two years with the Charlotte Bobcats and, after a stint in Europe, returned for five seasons back in the NBA. In the last four seasons, Kalin Lucas, Keith Appling and Bryn Forbes have also played in the NBA after signing free agent contracts. Numerous other former Spartans have enjoyed lucrative professional careers playing overseas.
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19/20 Tom Izzo - Michigan State Playbook by Ethan Rycenga only $10
Tom Izzo was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2016, cementing his status as one of the game’s all-time greats.
Now in his 25th year, Izzo has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments, including the 2000 NCAA National Championship, nine regular-season Big Ten Championships, six Big Ten Tournament titles, eight Final Four appearances, eight National Coach of the Year awards and a Big Ten-record 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
These accomplishments, however, are not what make Izzo one of the best in the game, but rather it is his insatiable desire to accomplish more.
With a career record of 606-232, it’s easy to see that Izzo knows how to win, but he also knows how to win the right way. In his 24 years directing the Spartan program, 85 percent of his players who completed their eligibility also left with a degree. In the last 20 years, 59 Spartans have received their undergraduate degrees.
In 24 seasons, Izzo has returned Michigan State to national prominence, placed his name in the NCAA record books and become a leader among college basketball coaches.
Izzo’s 606 wins are fifth most by any coach in his first 24 seasons in the history of college basketball. In late November 2009, he passed his mentor Jud Heathcote (340 wins) to become MSU’s all-time winningest coach. When the Spartans beat Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Big Ten Tournament, Izzo won his 600th career game.
In the NCAA Tournament, Izzo is at his best, winning at a clip of .706 to rank fourth among all active coaches with at least 10 tournament games coached. His 52 NCAA Tournament wins are the most ever for a Big Ten coach, and rank sixth all-time.
A 2015 inductee into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, Izzo led MSU to seven Final Four appearances between 1999 and 2015, becoming just the fourth school in college basketball history to do it in any 17-year span, including just the third since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Izzo is one of just two coaches in NCAA history to reach four Final Fours in his first 10 years of coaching, joining Ohio State’s Fred Taylor, and is just the second coach in NCAA history to appear in seven Final Fours in a 17-year span since the tournament expanded to 64 teams. His seven Final Four appearances rank fifth all-time, third among active coaches and first all-time among Big Ten coaches. Two stats stand out in Izzo’s NCAA Tournament success: 1) MSU is 22-6 in the second game of an NCAA Tournament weekend 2) MSU is 14-11 as the lower-seeded team, while the 14 wins are the most in NCAA Tournament history for any coach.
Through 24 seasons, Izzo is one of the most successful coaches in Big Ten history. His .696 winning percentage in Big Ten games ranks third all-time among league coaches with at least 10 years of service. In all games, Izzo ranks fourth (.723). With 288 conference victories, Izzo ranks second all-time, trailing just Indiana’s Bob Knight (353 wins), while also ranking second for most wins at a Big Ten institution (606), trailing just Knight (662).
Furthermore, Izzo brings stability to Michigan State basketball. Including 12 years as an assistant, the 2019-20 season is Izzo’s 37th with the Spartans, as he is the longest serving active Big Ten men’s basketball head coach. He is also a leader among his peers, serving as the NABC President from April 2010-April 2011, while currently serving as Director Emeritus. He’s also held spots on the John R. Wooden Award Board of Governors and the USA Basketball Collegiate Committee.
Over the past 22 seasons, Izzo has compiled an impressive 573-204 (.737) record. A quick look at other stats further demonstrates the Spartans’ success over that stretch: 270-111 (.709) in the Big Ten; 313-36 (.897) at the Breslin Center, including a Big Ten record 53-game winning streak; 126-107 (.541) against Top 25 teams (including four wins over No. 1-ranked teams); 84-37 (.694) in postseason play and 52-21 (.712) in the NCAA Tournament.
Individually, players have excelled under Izzo. Twelve Spartans (Charlie Bell, Mateen Cleaves, Paul Davis, Draymond Green, Gary Harris, Drew Neitzel, Adreian Payne, Morris Peterson, Jason Richardson, Denzel Valentine, Miles Bridges and Cassius Winston) have earned some form of All-America honors. Valentine earned six different National Player of the Year awards in 2016 (Associated Press, Basketball Times, NABC, NBC, Sports Illustrated and USA TODAY Sports), and Green was named National Player of the Year by the NABC in 2012. Chris Hill was a three-time Academic All-American, including being named the Academic All-American of the Year in 2005, while Neitzel also earned Academic All-America accolades.
Thirty-seven different players have earned all-conference recognition, including 14 different first-team honorees, six Big Ten Players of the Year (Cleaves, Green, Lucas, Peterson, Valentine, Winston), three Big Ten Freshmen of the Year (Gary Harris, Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr.) and two Big Ten Defensive Players of the Year (Travis Walton and Jackson Jr.).
One of the reasons for Izzo’s success is his ability to recruit some of the nation’s most talented high school players. During his time as head coach, Izzo has recruited 15 McDonald’s All-Americans (Mateen Cleaves - 1996, Jason Richardson - 1999, Marcus Taylor and Zach Randolph - 2000, Kelvin Torbert - 2001, Paul Davis - 2002, Shannon Brown and Brandon Cotton - 2003, Keith Appling - 2010, Branden Dawson - 2011, Gary Harris - 2012, Deyonta Davis - 2015, Miles Bridges and Joshua Langford - 2016, Jaren Jackson Jr. - 2017). In addition, 11 of the last 19 Michigan Mr. Basketball award winners suited up for the Green and White (1999 - Richardson, 2000 - Taylor, 2001 - Torbert, 2002 - Davis, 2004 - Drew Neitzel, 2009 - Derrick Nix, 2010 - Appling, 2012 - Matt Costello, 2015 - Davis, 2016 - Cassius Winston, 2018 - Foster Loyer), while Shannon Brown won the 2003 Illinois Mr. Basketball Award and Gary Harris won the 2012 Indiana Mr. Basketball Award.
But perhaps even more important to Izzo’s success is his ability to take young talent and develop a player’s skills, allowing him to grow as a player and go on to play professionally. Under Izzo, Michigan State has had 20 players selected in the NBA Draft, including 19 since 2000, 11 of whom were first rounders (Mateen Cleaves - 2000 first round, Morris Peterson - 2000 first round, Jason Richardson - 2001 first round, Zach Randolph - 2001 first round, Andre Hutson - 2001 second round, Marcus Taylor - 2002 second round, Erazem Lorbek - 2005 second round, Shannon Brown - 2006 first round, Maurice Ager - 2006 first round, Paul Davis - 2006 second round, Goran Suton - 2009 second round, Draymond Green - 2012 second round, Adreian Payne - 2014 first round, Gary Harris - 2014 first round, Branden Dawson - 2015 second round, Denzel Valentine - 2016 first round, Deyonta Davis - 2016 second round, Jaren Jackson Jr. - 2018 first round, Miles Bridges - 2018 first round). Ager, Cleaves, Dawson, D. Davis, P. Davis, Harris, Payne, Richardson, Randolph and Taylor were all high school All-Americans, but Izzo took others who were not ranked in the top 75 coming out of high school, and turned them into NBA talent. In addition, Izzo-recruit Charlie Bell played in the NBA during the 2001-02 season after signing a free agent contract. After a successful stint overseas, Bell played seven more seasons in the NBA. Alan Anderson, a member of the 2005 Final Four team, signed a free agent contract and played two years with the Charlotte Bobcats and, after a stint in Europe, returned for five seasons back in the NBA. In the last four seasons, Kalin Lucas, Keith Appling and Bryn Forbes have also played in the NBA after signing free agent contracts. Numerous other former Spartans have enjoyed lucrative professional careers playing overseas.
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