reclegend22 wrote:
I will be cheering for Tennessee (wouldn't mind seeing a new face at The Show), but I also agree that Izzo is truly a gem of a coach. His motivation skills have to be equaled by none. I mean, he consistently (every single year) takes teams that seem way under the radar and charges them straight to the Final Four, hunting for a national crown. How this man as only one title is one of the biggest mysteries in sports.
He deserves another title. It just won't be this year. Butler will not let down the state next Saturday.
History has an odd way of repeating itself. It was exaclty a decade ago that Sparty won it's NC under Izzo, and although they were a great team that year, a lot of people felt they would fall in the tourney and they got the job done. Last year, MSU suprised everyone it seemed like, and knocked on the door, only to fall to the Carolina buzzsaw. This year, I really feel like it's a wide open tourney this year, and there are some great coaches in the final four. But none motivate their team, as rec said, like Izzo. They may get beat, but it'll take one hell of a team to do it, because those kids will leave everything out on the floor. As the mascot suggests, there will be no lack of focus or quit in the Spartans, and I wouldn't be the least bit suprised if they were cutting down the nets next monday. Butler's a great story, WVU and Duke are powerful teams, but I don't know that any of them have the will or desire that MSU will. These kids and Izzo were all part of that team that fell just short last year, and you know Lucas will be there motivating every one of them. Hard to call how it will turn out with 4 great teams, but if I were a bettin' man, I'd be crazy to bet against Tom Izzo.
