Time has a way of clouding the memory. Like a fog slowly blanketing the landscape, details can get fuzzy as the years pass.
Twenty years after Tom Izzo took his Michigan State team to a second consecutive Final Four, a trip that ultimately ended in the school’s second national championship, there are moments that aren’t quite as clear as they used to be.
What was the name of that tournament in Chicago when Michigan State beat Kansas in a top-five matchup? They didn’t have the Champions Classic back then. What loss was it that led to Izzo having his players suit up in football gear at the next practice?