Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and players react to Miles Bridges' 29-point performance, after defeating Bucknell, 82-78, on Friday, March 16 in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
As Tom Izzo was about to take the podium Saturday at Little Caesars Arena, Michigan State interim president John Engler had a tense back-and-forth exchange with a reporter about the ongoing sexual assault controversies that have engulfed the university in recent months.
The former Michigan governor blasted ESPN for its own problems with sexual assault cases, nearly two months after the network ran a story in the wake of the Larry Nassar sentencing detailing allegations into Izzo’s basketball program and Mark Dantonio’s football program.