If you don’t think the mental game is every bit as important as the physical one, consider this from the State News MSU blog: Derrick Nix said all the right things Tuesday about his free throw struggles. But MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said he believes he knows how his freshman center really [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tom Izzo’
Derrick Nix’ free throw shooting woes are mental, Izzo says
Posted: December 22, 2009 by Jared Field in CollegeTags: Derrick Nix, Michigan State basketball, Tom Izzo
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MSU’s ‘Big’ Problem: Lack of post production will haunt the Spartans this season
Posted: December 6, 2009 by jglitz in CollegeTags: Delvon Roe, Derrick Nix, Draymond Green, Garrick Sherman, MSU basketball, Tom Herzog, Tom Izzo
By Josh Glitz The more and more I think back on MSU’s loss on Wednesday to UNC the more and more I see it coming down to one thing, Izzo’s swings and misses on big men the last few years. Izzo has done a great job recruiting players in the backcourt, but the lack of [...]
‘There’ll be a time’: Tom Izzo tough talks Roy Williams
Posted: December 5, 2009 by Jared Field in CollegeTags: Delvon Roe, MSU basketball, Roy Williams, Tom Izzo, UNC basketball
It wasn’t enough for Roy Williams to call out Michigan State sophomore Delvon Roe in his recently-published book. Nope, he decided to again go after Roe, a highly-recruited forward who most believed would choose UNC over MSU coming out of high school. He didn’t, and Williams still feels slighted. From Mlive: Williams, after indirectly criticizing [...]
Nice of you to show up: Delvon Roe’s performance against Valpo a sign of things to come?
Posted: November 23, 2009 by Jared Field in CollegeTags: Delvon Roe, Goran Suton, MSU basketball, Tom Izzo
After not scoring in Michigan State’s two wins over Florida Gulf Coast and Gonzaga, sophomore forward Delvon Roe is showing signs that he’s rounding into form. Roe has the ability to dominate in the Big Ten and the Spartans really need him to do it. The loss of Goran Suton has been glaring in MSU’s [...]
