Izzo’s quarter century of NCAA’s.

DWags wrote:Amazing. Last time he wasn’t in it.

Gas $1.06 a gallon
Eggs 94 cents a dozen
Bread 89 cents a loaf
Avg new car 22k
Median household income $37k
Median house in Michigan $115k
#1 song Candle in the wind Elton John
Top grossing movie Men In Black
We’ve had 5 presidents
We’ve had 5 football coaches
We’ve had 6 MSU presidents
There was no wifi
No Smart phones
No Amazon
No google
No stem cell research

I’m guessing a good number of us have children that have be alive less than 25 years, so they don’t know a time that MSU wasn’t in the tournament.



Enjoy
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DWags wrote:Amazing. Last time he wasn’t in it.

Gas $1.06 a gallon
Eggs 94 cents a dozen
Bread 89 cents a loaf
Avg new car 22k
Median household income $37k
Median house in Michigan $115k
#1 song Candle in the wind Elton John
Top grossing movie Men In Black
We’ve had 5 presidents
We’ve had 5 football coaches
We’ve had 6 MSU presidents
There was no wifi
No Smart phones
No Amazon
No google
No stem cell research

I’m guessing a good number of us have children that have be alive less than 25 years, so they don’t know a time that MSU wasn’t in the tournament.



Enjoy
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tom Izzo stepped up to a lectern with a microphone, as he has more than 1,000 times over the last three decades, and delivered a timely message when Michigan State University needed it most.

The Basketball Hall of Fame coach was asked to address a huge, crestfallen crowd that gathered in the middle of campus two days after shootings less than a mile away killed three students and hospitalized five others.

“Emotions are different for each and every person,” Izzo said. “I cry in front of my team. I cry on national TV. Don’t be afraid to show your emotions. We all process trauma in a very different way. I’m just glad we’re all here together.”

Izzo had visited the victims in the hospital before practice earlier that day and had prepared what he wanted to say. He went off the script, though, when asking everyone in attendance to meet the 10 people around them before departing.

Nearly a month later, Michigan State interim President Teresa K. Woodruff got emotional while reflecting on what the coach meant to the community in that moment.

“I couldn’t be more grateful for the way he lifted me and this community up that night,” Woodruff, choking back tears, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday.

“He is the heart and soul, the face and voice of our university

and his words brought us together in those dark hours.”

This time of year, for many years, Izzo has been a bright spot at Michigan State.

He became the first coach to earn 25 straight bids to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Sunday when the Spartans were seeded No. 7 and matched up with No. 10 Southern California in the East Region.

Izzo’s streak broke a record he shared with retired Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Trapper Gus wrote:AP News suddenly notices Tom Izzo in a very good way.

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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tom Izzo stepped up to a lectern with a microphone, as he has more than 1,000 times over the last three decades, and delivered a timely message when Michigan State University needed it most.

The Basketball Hall of Fame coach was asked to address a huge, crestfallen crowd that gathered in the middle of campus two days after shootings less than a mile away killed three students and hospitalized five others.

“Emotions are different for each and every person,” Izzo said. “I cry in front of my team. I cry on national TV. Don’t be afraid to show your emotions. We all process trauma in a very different way. I’m just glad we’re all here together.”

Izzo had visited the victims in the hospital before practice earlier that day and had prepared what he wanted to say. He went off the script, though, when asking everyone in attendance to meet the 10 people around them before departing.

Nearly a month later, Michigan State interim President Teresa K. Woodruff got emotional while reflecting on what the coach meant to the community in that moment.

“I couldn’t be more grateful for the way he lifted me and this community up that night,” Woodruff, choking back tears, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday.

“He is the heart and soul, the face and voice of our university

and his words brought us together in those dark hours.”

This time of year, for many years, Izzo has been a bright spot at Michigan State.

He became the first coach to earn 25 straight bids to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Sunday when the Spartans were seeded No. 7 and matched up with No. 10 Southern California in the East Region.

Izzo’s streak broke a record he shared with retired Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.