Skitzle
02-28-2011, 10:56 AM
Love Izzo.
Michigan State's issues
I had Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo on my radio show. He was very forthcoming about his team's recent eight-game stretch in which it allowed 51 percent field goal defense.
Izzo told me: "It was my fault we were so bad for those eight games [when Sparty lost six of eight]. We had some other issues; Derrick Nix has struggled with his weight, Kalin [Lucas] was still getting his explosion back from the Achilles and Adeian Payne is not as far along due to his shoulder injury that set him back. But I really think I got away from concentrating on defense in practice. We were trying to fix other little things, working on free throws, and I just put in on myself for not demanding more work on our defense during practice."
http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog?name=ncbexperts&id=6161657
Michigan State's issues
I had Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo on my radio show. He was very forthcoming about his team's recent eight-game stretch in which it allowed 51 percent field goal defense.
Izzo told me: "It was my fault we were so bad for those eight games [when Sparty lost six of eight]. We had some other issues; Derrick Nix has struggled with his weight, Kalin [Lucas] was still getting his explosion back from the Achilles and Adeian Payne is not as far along due to his shoulder injury that set him back. But I really think I got away from concentrating on defense in practice. We were trying to fix other little things, working on free throws, and I just put in on myself for not demanding more work on our defense during practice."
http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog?name=ncbexperts&id=6161657