{"id":827400,"date":"2025-02-16T09:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/michigan-states-tom-izzo-breaks-bob-knights-big-ten-wins-record\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T15:11:54","slug":"michigan-states-tom-izzo-breaks-bob-knights-big-ten-wins-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/michigan-states-tom-izzo-breaks-bob-knights-big-ten-wins-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State’s Tom Izzo breaks Bob Knight’s Big Ten wins record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo<\/u><\/a> broke Bob Knight’s Big Ten record for wins, leading the 11th-ranked Spartans<\/u><\/a> to a 79-65 victory<\/a> over the Illinois Fighting Illini<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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Tom Izzo on becoming the winningest BIG 10 coach “I’d turn it in for a banner”:<\/h3>\n
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Perhaps fittingly, Izzo’s first Big Ten win came back in January 1996 against Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers.<\/p>\n

The three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year is now the active leader in Big Ten Conference wins (354) and ranks eighth among active coaches in career victories (727).<\/p>\n

[Related: <\/strong><\/i>FOX Sports’ Bill Raftery pens congratulatory letter to Tom Izzo<\/strong><\/i><\/a>]<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

Izzo, who is in his 30th year as the head coach at Michigan State, has won 10 Big Ten regular-season titles, six Big Ten Tournament titles, has made eight Final Fours, and won one NCAA championship. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.<\/p>\n

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