Michigan State Basketball: 5 reasons not to panic after Michigan loss

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EAST LANSING, MI – JANUARY 13: Head coach Tom Izzo, Associate Head Coach Dwayne Stephens and Assistant Coach Dane Fife of the Michigan State Spartans looks on during the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Breslin Center on January 13, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

1. Tom Izzo has dealt with much worse

Throughout the Hall of Fame career of Tom Izzo, he has encountered many situations in which Michigan State was considered “doomed” or the season was deemed “over” and he still managed to turn things around for a Big Ten title push or Final Four run.

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Compare this year’s team to last year. The Spartans were almost guaranteed to miss out on the NCAA Tournament after a rough start to the season, but they figured things out and even won a game in March before getting bounced by Kansas. Two years earlier with Travis Trice running the point, no one expected Michigan State to do much, but the team made a run at the Final Four.

This year’s team has all the talent in the world and is going through a minor slump. Izzo has stated that he’s not too worried about his team and his mindset hasn’t changed after the past week. He’s seen much worse than this and there’s no locker room issue that’s causing the slump.

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Every team goes through rough stretches and Izzo is a good enough coach to keep his squad level-headed and make sure they come out of this even better than before. There’s a reason this guy is in the Hall of Fame.

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