Following a season-opening win over Northern Arizona, Michigan State mbasketball coach Tom Izzo addressed the altercations that took place in the tunnel at the Big House after the Spartans’ football game at Michigan on Oct. 29.
Izzo started on the subject by speaking about his pride in seeing the football program beat No. 16 Illinois on the road Saturday, despite being without eight players who were suspended for their involvement in the incidents the week before. In particular, he praised the decisive action taken by football coach Mel Tucker to punish the players who were seen kicking and punching Michigan football players Ja’Den McBurrows and Gemon Green.
“That football game for me was one of the joys of the last couple years, even though we had a better year last year, because I love seeing somebody that’s been through adversity [persevere],” Izzo said, per Spartan Nation. “I think Mel did what he was supposed to do. He reprimanded the guys that didn’t do their job right, but there’s other people who should be reprimanded for not doing their job right.”
