Tom Izzo accomplished the unexpected last season, winning the deepest Big Ten ever (literally) by three games and leading a group of unproven players to the Elite Eight.
The Spartans were a couple of bounces away from a Final Four, but they ran into a buzz saw in Auburn in the Regional Final. The Tigers just had too many veterans and Michigan State was clearly too young and inexperienced to hang with Auburn. Still, this run was a typical Izzo coaching masterpiece and he proved yet again why he’s a Hall of Famer.
There’s a legit conversation to be had about Izzo being a top 3-4 coach in the country, but easily top five.