The Detroit News · Feb 19, 2019
Charboneau: MSU's life without Ward will require others to shoulder load
Freshman Thomas Kithier could see more playing time in Nick Ward's absence.East Lansing – It took less than 30 seconds for Tom Izzo to be clear about the situation Michigan State finds itself in less than 24 hours after Nick Ward had surgery to repair a fracture in his left hand.
“I hope everybody here feels bad for Nick, but to be honest with you I don’t want anybody to feel bad for us,” Izzo said. “That’s just the nature of the beast, the way it goes. I’m not gonna tell you next man up and this and that. I’m gonna tell you we’re gonna have to adjust as a team.
“The margin has shrunk for the errors. We don’t have any, but our expectations for victory haven’t changed one iota.”