The focus in East Lansing on Tuesday afternoon has been on the football program as Pat Fitzgerald held his introductory press conference, but even he couldn’t help but talk about Michigan State basketball.
Fitzgerald touched on his friendship with Tom Izzo during his presser, revealing that the Hall of Fame basketball coached stopped by to congratulate him during lunch, even on a game day.
While Fitzgerald will be dominating headlines in East Lansing for the next week as signing day is on Wednesday and he’ll be busy piecing together a coaching staff and trying to retain players, Izzo and the basketball team will be opening Big Ten play on Tuesday night and then hosting a top-five Duke team on Saturday.