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Tom Izzo: A Numerical Summary

Posted by kj on Sunday, April 19th, 2009

14 seasons as head coach

14 .500-or-better Big Ten regular season finishes

12 NCAA Tournament appearances

12 first-team all-Big Ten player selections

10 20-win seasons

8 Sweet Sixteens

6 Elite Eights

5 Final Fours

5 Big Ten regular season championships

5 former assistants currently coaching Division 1 teams

4 Big Ten player-of-the-year selections

3 30-win seasons

2 Big Ten Tournament championships

2 national championship game appearances

1 national championship

.738 NCAA Tournament winning percentage (31-11)

.711 all-time winning percentage (336-137)

.690 Big Ten regular season winning percentage (160-72)

Zero 4-year players without a Final Four appearance

Nothing but class

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  1. Chrison 20 Apr 2009 at 8:01 am 1

    Izzo could go 0-25 next year and I would still beg for him to be the coach the following year.

  2. pdwon 20 Apr 2009 at 10:23 am 2

    They were polite to a hotel staff! That’s ELITE.

  3. Mark in DCon 20 Apr 2009 at 3:17 pm 3

    His record really does speak for itself. I occasionally have nits to pick with some of this decisions (no one is infallible) and would love it if he could find a way to eliminate our propensity to turn the ball over, but when you take a big picture view it is glaringly obvious that he’s one of the best. We are very lucky to have him at MSU and I hope he realizes how appreciative we all are. He does it well and he does it the way it should be done – with class.