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Tom Izzo has landed plenty of elite athletes as Michigan State basketball coach but here’s who would top the all-athlete team from his tenure.
Over the years, Tom Izzo has landed numerous McDonald’s All-Americans, five-star recruits and freak athletes. He’s a Hall of Fame coach for a reason and the nation’s best recruits love playing for him.
We could make a list of all the McDonald’s All-Americans from Mateen Cleaves to Shannon Brown to Gary Harris to Jaren Jackson Jr., but that would be too easy with 15 in the Izzo era. That’s an impressive number, but making a team with backups wouldn’t be difficult as there have been some clear underachievers.