Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo speaks to the media Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in East Lansing. Video by Joe Rexrode / DFP
EAST LANSING -- Tom Izzo has the No. 1-ranked team in America, with a week to prepare for Saturday's game at Northeastern.
And he's worried.
"The game is a major concern for me, because people around here don't have any idea who Northeastern is," Izzo said today at his weekly news conference. "And players don't have as good an idea who Northeastern is."
Izzo plans to change that with, among other things, footage from last season's NCAA tournament game between Northeastern and Notre Dame -- a game the Irish escaped with a 69-65 win.