EAST LANSING – Cassius Winston missed Tom Izzo’s first five losses to Michigan. He was born a week after Izzo’s first win over the Wolverines in 1998. Miles Bridges a month after that.
They never knew the recruitment of Chris Webber, or the Fab Five wiping their butts on the midcourt “S” at Breslin Center, or the fury in Izzo’s eyes as he gave his first pregame speech as Michigan State’s head coach before playing Michigan on Jan. 13, 1996.
Thomas Kelley does. The former Spartan guard, now an MSU graduate manager, was a sophomore in that locker room.