Tom Izzo discusses Michigan State's blowout win of Charleston Southern, says his team looks tired Nov. 18, 2019 at Breslin Center. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — The first championship Tom Izzo won with Michigan State basketball came before he even made the NCAA tournament, in the 1996-97 Spartan Classic.
Of course, no offense to Kent State and Weber State, but that field was not exactly as strong as the Maui Invitational a year earlier in Izzo’s first season as head coach.