Notes & Quotes: Tom Izzo says “I’ve been so soft on my team”

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports Another night, another loss for Michigan State. However, something was different about the Spartans tonight. Maybe it was more effort, maybe it was better focus, maybe it was the energy, or maybe it was the fact that MSU was actually able to knock down open looks from three-point range. The Iowa Hawkeyes ended up walking away with an 84-78 victory, but it was an encouraging game from the Spartans against a very good team.

The game is something to build off of for the Spartans moving forward, but a loss is a loss, and the Spartans have fallen to 8-7 overall and 2-7 in Big Ten conference play. The 2-7 mark is Tom Izzo’s worst start in conference play in his…