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Tom Izzo loves this MSU team, but here's why it surprises him when they win

Michigan State took the court Thursday at Capital One Arena in Washington to practice before its NCAA tournament Sweet 16 game vs. LSU. Kirthmon Dozier, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING – It was late. Though not by Tom Izzo’s standard. Still, he’d been in the basketball offices for more than 14 hours when he began flipping through a media guide looking for the roster of his 2014 basketball team.

“I wouldn’t trade this guy, or this guy, or this guy,” he said as he traced a line down the page with his finger, thinking about the kind of team he had that season to the kind of team he has now.