Michigan State coach Danton Cole and players Carson Gatt and Taro Hirose speak to the media after the 6-4 loss to Michigan in the Great Lakes Invitational on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at Little Caesars Arena. Video by George Sipple/DFP
EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo stood Saturday in front of a group of donors and talked about his first years on Michigan State’s campus in the 1980s.
“Back then, the hottest ticket in town wasn’t football or basketball, it was the standing room only for hockey,” he said.