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Tom Izzo and the Spartans Embrace Being #1 While Also Welcoming Back 2000 National Championship Team

Breslin Center

East Lansing, MI

Tom Izzo isn’t a world class coach by accident. His Spartans are back as the #1 team in all of college basketball for the first time since 2013, but he understands while it is a compliment, you want that award in April.

Izzo said of the honor, “I’ll really need our players to embrace it and try to build on it and prove everybody right.” The Spartans who are 9-0 will have to face Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday with a 7PM tip off at Breslin Center.

Can a small school like Maryland Eastern Shore take down the new number one?