Last March, after Michigan State knocked Minnesota out of the Big Ten men's basketball tournament, Spartans' legendary head coach Tom Izzo had high praise for the Gophers. “First, I’d like to ...
After all, the 51 points scored by Minnesota were the fewest that head coach Tom Izzo saw his team give up all season long. Following the win, Izzo praised the defense in his press conference ...
This was the other Ben Johnson, the coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers ... and now he was marveling at Tom Izzo’s team, and its unselfishness, and its togetherness, and how apparent it ...
EAST LANSING — On Jan. 4, 1996, Tom Izzo never could have imagined that ... Illinois’ Lou Henson and Minnesota’s Clem Haskins were the names that personified Big Ten basketball.