425 Quotes by Tom Izzo

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    It's better today. I really thought when it happened when they carried him off that it was either broke or torn and all the (tests) came back positive.

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    Usually, if the head isn't working, the body dies. It doesn't matter how powerful the body is. And a point guard in our system is the head.

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    A good job is not good enough here. A good job is 18, 19 wins. Twenty-two wins is a very good job. But we're looking for championships and Final Fours and that didn't change, and that's not going to change until the day I get thrown out of here. Good is not good enough.

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    You have to look at the first game, and it's hard to look past it in this tournament, especially now when you see some of the eight, nine and 10 seeds. Kentucky and Wisconsin as eight and nine seeds, that tells you the 11 seeds are going to be pretty good basketball teams.

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    It was a big road win because any road win in this league is a big road win.

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    I said that there could be eight teams vie for the championship. I think scheduling (the Big Ten doesn't play a round robin, so some teams play others just once) is gonna play a part in everything. I still think our conference could fight to be the strongest in the country. When you look top to bottom at the conference race this year, four losses could win it, maybe more.

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    What are they best at? They seem to be a very, very good defensive team, which concerns me because that's usually what wins at this time of the year.

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