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Michigan State Basketball: All-time Tom Izzo era “what if” team

As a Hall of Fame head coach, Tom Izzo has seen it all. He’s had his all-time greats, his bad apples, his overachievers and his underachievers. He’s gone from ‘Jud Heathcote’s replacement’ to one of the best coaches in college basketball history.

If you wanted to see just how good of a coach he is, all you have to do is look at the 2019-20 season that just passed. His Spartans were ranked No. 1 in the preseason polls, but that was under the assumption that Josh Langford (a 15 points per game scorer) and Joey Hauser (a top-tier Marquette transfer) would be playing.