Chicago — Tom Izzo wasn’t going to let anybody spoil his mood Sunday evening.
But not long after Michigan State’s coach stood on a makeshift stage with his team celebrating a Big Ten tournament championship at the United Center — and a third win in as many weeks over in-state rival Michigan, thanks to another spirited second-half rally by the Spartans – Izzo stood in a hallway and considered it.
The NCAA Tournament’s selection committee had just awarded his team a No. 2 seed, as expected. But they’d also rewarded his team for adding another Big Ten trophy to its case by placing the Spartans in the same East Region as the Tournament’s No.