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Tom Izzo one of just four coaches without a losing season after 15 years

Tom Izzo has accomplished a lot during his time at MSU, but did you know during his tenure that he has never had a losing season!

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The FOX College Hoops Twitter account made note of a few active coaches who have 15+ years of experience with no losing record, among them are St. John’s Mike Anderson, Gonzaga’s Mark Few, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, and MSU’s very own Tom Izzo!

Tom Izzo has been with the Spartans since 1995 and has only gotten better with experience. He has made the NCAA Tourney every year since 1997, his third season as head coach. His overall record at MSU is an astonishing 628-241, a winning percentage of 72.3%! Plus he has a College Basketball Championship from 1999-2000.

Mike Anderson has coached for UAB, Missouri, Arkansas, and St. John’s over the course of 18 years and has a record of 386-215 (.531 win percentage).  He has coached his teams to nine NCAA Tourneys and advanced as far as the Elite Eight in 2008-09 with Missori.

Mark Few has coached the Gonzaga Bulldogs since 1999 and has made the tournament every year.  His total record is 599-124 and a win percentage of .828!  His best year was 2016-17 where the Bulldogs went 37-2 and were runner-ups in that years NCAA Tournament.

Lastly, Jim Boeheim the longest tenured coach has been coaching the Syracuse Orange since 1976!  He has a record of 964-399, which is a win percentage of .707.  He had an additional 101 wins stripped due to various scandals.  He has lead Syracuse to the NCAA Tournament a total of 34 times and won the championship in 2002-03 lead by Carmelo Anthony.

Who do you think of these four have been the most impressive?

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“I think Kobe challenged everybody,” …

“I think Kobe challenged everybody,” said Jim Boeheim, one of the team’s assistants and the head coach of men’s basketball at Syracuse. “He was like, ‘I’m going to defend the toughest guy on every team, I’m going to push everyone, so just come along with me.’ And he did that from Day 1.” For Colangelo, it was a window into greatness. The foundation for all of Bryant’s feats — the 81-point game, the scoring titles, the series-clinching jump shots, the three championships he had already won with the Lakers — was his work ethic and desire. The spectacular was rooted in the mundane, in the monotony of hard labor.

Jim Boeheim in favor of granting seniors extra season of eligibility

Several coaches are in favor of allowing seniors to play one more season due to the drastic circumstances that led to canceling athletics.

After the NCAA announced on Thursday its decision to cancel the 2020 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, several coaches around the sport began proposing the idea to grant seniors a one-time exemption to return to school for one more season.

The proposal came to fruition following the drastic circumstances that led to the cancellation of several athletic events. In addition to the basketball tournaments, the NCAA also canceled all remaining winter and spring championships due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Health officials have warned against events with greater than 250 people in some areas and have recommended that such activities be canceled or postponed to help slow the spread of the virus.

UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma has been at the forefront of the proposal and believes senior players should be granted an extra year of eligibility after losing the opportunity to play in the NCAA Tournament.

Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim appeared on the Dan Patrick Show on Friday morning and agreed with that idea and believes the NCAA has the authority to grant such an exception.

“The NCAA, as we have found in the past, can do anything that they want to do,” Boeheim said. “We’re talking about student-athletes. Are we going to do what’s right for them? … There is a precedent for it. I don’t see why not. In basketball, you may have difficulty recreating that but I don’t see why you couldn’t do that; there is some precedent for that.”

While basketball players have played for most of the season, with the exception of some conference tournaments, other sports, such as baseball, softball and lacrosse, were canceled early in the season.

On Friday, clarity was offered to those student-athletes.

According to Jeff Goodman of The Athletic, the NCAA has agreed to grant relief for the use of a season of competition for student-athletes who have participated in spring sports.

The NCAA will soon discuss the winter sports athletes.

Boeheim expressed his feelings for those spring student-athletes.

“I look at our men’s lacrosse team, who are No. 1 in the country,” Boeheim said. “Our women’s is No. 4. Cornell, right down the road, is No. 2. Those players worked their tales off and it’s all gone. Maybe we’ll look back and [canceling games] is 100% the right thing to do; I hope it is. You have to feel for those kids who have put themselves in that position.”

As each sports entity has relayed, the canceling and postponing of games was disappointing but all agree that it was the right decision amid the growing concerns of the coronavirus.

While there is much uncertainty worldwide, sports will continue to take a secondary role until the spread of the virus is slowed and under control.

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