LSJ columnist Graham Couch, Freep beat writer Chris Solari and Freep columnist Shawn Windsor break down MSU’s Champions Classic loss. Graham Couch, Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor, Lansing State Journal
NEW YORK — Tom Izzo glanced at the stat sheet and shredded it in his hands.
It was not smashing a game tape with a sledgehammer. This was a result of poor lighting and tiny type on the page. But his frustration and fury in the bowels of Madison Square Garden showed with each tear.
The strips of paper told only some of the story from Tuesday night’s Champions Classic marquee game.