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USA Today
6 days ago
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- USA Today
Is Tom Izzo a top 10 coach? See where he landed in a recent national list
See where Tom Izzo landed in a newly released head coaches rankings list heading into next season Despite having one of his best seasons in the last five years, Tom Izzo is not considered a top 10 coach nationally by one popular college basketball social media account. College Basketball Report -- a popular social media account known for putting together rankings and other lists -- has released their list of top 50 coaches heading into the 2025-26 season. Izzo was obviously pretty high on the list, but not as high as some may have had the hall of famer. College Basketball Report has Izzo as the No. 12 coach nationally entering the season. Here's a list of the coaches ahead of him in the rankings: The list itself isn't bad -- in my opinion -- when you start to look at who all is ahead of Izzo in the rankings. The one thing I would nitpick on is having Scott Drew ahead of Izzo. Sure, Drew won a national championship in 2021, but other than that season, he hasn't led the Bears to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament since 2017. So if we are playing a comparison game, I find it hard to have Drew ahead of Izzo based on both recent success and overall success. Check out the complete rankings from College Basketball Report below: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
27-06-2025
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- USA Today
MSU-Auburn finishes as one of top five most viewed basketball games in 2025
Michigan State basketball played in one of the most watched basketball games of 2025. With the NBA season concluding last week, the final tallies for most viewed games for the college and pro level have been announced and the Spartans cracked the list. Michigan State's Elite Eight loss to Auburn landed as the No. 5 most viewed games of 2025. According to College Basketball Report, 11.7 million tuned in for the battle between the Spartans and Tigers in the South Region final. That was the fourth most viewed college game of the season as well. The most viewed basketball game of 2025 was the college national championship game between Houston and Florida with 18.1 million viewers. Game seven of the NBA Finals was next with 16.4 million, followed by Duke-Houston in the Final Four at 16.3 million and Auburn-Florida in the Final Four at 14.8 million. Check out the complete top 10 list of most watched games this past season in the graphic below: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
