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Michigan State basketball's Tom Izzo hopes 'frustrating' schedule issues solved soon

The college basketball season is supposed to tip off in less than a month, and Tom Izzo still does not know who Michigan State’s first opponent will be.

That’s because the Spartans’ schedule, like most other programs around Division I, remains under construction due to the pandemic.

“We're hoping in the next few days we're gonna have it pretty much locked down,” Izzo said Thursday. “But it could be one of those schedules that's changing as we go, believe it or not, other than the conference games. We just want to do everything we can do to get a full season in.