WASHINGTON — He called a timeout like he always does, his team down a point in the dwindling seconds of as good a NCAA tournament game as you’ll ever see.
Here was Tom Izzo’s shot to finally beat Duke and Mike Krzyzewski, and he wasn’t leaving it to chance.
So when MSU's Kenny Goins grabbed the rebound after a missed jumper by Duke’s R.J. Barrett, the 64-year-old coach summoned his guys to the bench Sunday afternoon inside Capital One Arena.
Then Izzo did what he has never gotten enough credit for: draw up a play to get an open shot.