Tom Izzo gave Michigan Statebasketball Monday off, a chance for his players to exhale after a wild end of the regular season. Even he and his assistants knocked off early.
“For one of the few times in my life,” Izzo said Tuesday, “I'd say it was good rest for everybody. Including the coaching staff.”
Because as arduous as the past three weeks have been — with seven games in 16 days to hopefully do enough to earn an NCAA tournament berth that once seemed improbable — it’s now one-and-done time.
The ninth-seeded Spartans head to Indianapolis to face No.