EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo sat in a meeting Sunday afternoon with his three Michigan State basketball freshmen when Mike Garland burst into the room.
His special assistant was watching the ending of the Michigan-Wisconsin game when tempers flared in Madison. He felt his former college teammate and longtime boss would want to know about it.
“Mike Garland came running in and says, 'You're not going to believe what's going on.' He told me a little bit, and I didn't get out of my chair because I really didn't care. I was worried more about my team and my players,” Izzo said Monday.