Tom Izzo learned first-hand about COVID-19.
Now, Michigan State basketball’s coach plans to coach two of his players — one of them his son — on how to get through their own case of coronavirus.
Freshman Mady Sissoko and sophomore Steven Izzo tested positive for the virus Sunday and will not travel with the Spartans as they head to No. 8 Iowa for a 9 p.m. tipoff Thursday, the MSU coach announced Wednesday.
Sissoko and Izzo, who are roommates, become the first MSU players to miss time because of COVID-19 during the season that began Nov.