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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo 'staying humble' after 600th victory

LSJ columnist Graham Couch, Freep beat writer Chris Solari and Freep columnist Shawn Windsor break down MSU's win over OSU. Mike DeFabo and Graham Couch and Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor, Lansing State Journal

CHICAGO — It was fitting that Cassius Winston and Foster Loyer helped deliver Tom Izzo his 600th career coaching victory.

After all, that’s what defined Izzo's program for 24 seasons: strong point guard play. And Izzo admitted that made the milestone victory a little more satisfying.

“Yeah,” Izzo said with a proud grin, “being an old point guard myself at Division 11, it was.