College Park, Md. – As Tom Izzo stood in the media room at the Xfinity Center on Sunday and faced continued questions about how his program has handled complaints of sexual assault, it was hard to pin down what was going through the mind of the Michigan State coach.
His team had just erased a 13-point deficit to beat Maryland, 74-68, one that forced the emotions to flow from the Hall of Fame coach as he walked off the court. It followed him to the locker room, where his players say, the tears welled up.
As he took questions Izzo battled many emotions.