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By FinalFourU
Finalfouru.com
02/10/2010

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- What was the real reason for coach Tom Izzo's benching of Darrell Summers? Why are
Raymar Morgan and Delvon Roe underachieving? Why do we fall behind early at the start of the majority of the
Big Ten games that we have played in? Could the injury to Kalin Lucas have come at a worst time? I personally
have not been this frustrated with Michigan State University basketball since the Alan Anderson free throw
debacle at Iowa in the Big Ten tournament years back. I and anyone else should not question the coaching of a
man who has lead this team to five Final Fours in eleven years along with a national championship and a
wonderful run in Detroit last year. On a positive note Spartan fans, we lost to the #6 ranked team in the country
last night. We also lost on the road to a team fired up by the ESPN College GameDay Crew that last night beat
Wisconsin at Wisconsin last night. We are also tied for First Place in the Big Ten with games against Penn State
and Indiana coming up. The only major concerns that Michigan State has is its upcoming games at Purdue and
the only game against Ohio State at home on the 20th of this month. Michigan State has be constant this year
rather it be good or bad. We as fans should just hope that Kalin Lucas gets fully healthy and that Summers and
Morgan play up to the potential that we all know that they are capable of. Spartan fans don't panic, just keep
your head up because Izzo is our coach and he has and he will lead us to a Big Ten championship this season.

By FinalFouru
FinalFourU.com
03/27/10

Sterling Heights, Mich. -- Who would have predicted years ago that the Michigan State men's basketball team under
Tom Izzo would have gone to Six Final Fours in a span of only Twelve years. Kalin Lucas who was the 2009 Big Ten
Player of the Year went down in the 2nd round of this year's tournament. The talking heads from ESPN nationally, to
the local media and Detroit newspapers, gave up on Michigan State and our quest of reaching another Final Four.
Players such as Chris Allen and Delvon Roe are both playing hurt but the love and sense of family drives them and their
teammates towards another Final Four. The day has come and us Michigan State fans could not be prouder of this
team. There have been reports of grown men crying and there are those who are speechless. Regardless of where
your loyalties reside with, it is very difficult to not love and respect what these men have done. Next is the team from
Butler University and Izzo will once again have these young men like Green and Morgan ready. And once again, the
Drew Sharp's, Rob Parker's, and some from ESPN and CBS will doubt Michigan State's chances of winning on Saturday
but once again Tom Izzo and company will be looking to prove them wrong. Didn't they hear that we have their backs? I
guess not...

By FinalFouru
FinalFourU.com
06/10/10

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- FinalfourU.com stands by the story published here on 06/07/10 that Tom Izzo will be the
head coach of Michigan State for the 2010-2011. Our source has informed us today that it is very likely that Tom
Izzo will eventually leave Michigan State for the NBA within the next five years. This highly watched developing story
of coach Izzo visiting Cleveland today is much to do about leverage for an increase in base salary pay with an
agreement of guaranteed money provisions in newly formated contract. Also, it means that coach Izzo is "getting a
feel" of the process of making a future leap to the NBA within the next five years. Our source wanted
FinalFourU.com to know that Tom Izzo loves Michigan State University and that he should be treated with the utmost
respect and dignity that he so deeply deserves. Remember MSU fans, Tom Izzo will be back for this upcoming
season. For those who are "freaking out" right now, remember that Tom Izzo also visited the Atlanta Hawks a decade
ago.

By FinalFouru
FinalFourU.com
06/13/10

Sterling Heights, Mich. --It's a nice Sunday and graduation parties and celebrations through out the state of Michigan
are happening and everyone can't stop from asking one question, "What is Izzo going to do?" FinalFourU.com has
told you the answer to that question but do you want to know why Tom and his wife may not be happy? Our source to
FinalFourU.com tells us of Tom Izzo's wife Lupe not being happy with him "never" being home because of recruiting
and with his 37 public appearances for the University through out the year. 37 compared to another coach who
happens to coach at a University in North Carolina that only has to do 12 appearances a year. Gilbert and company
are assuring Lupe that Izzo will have 3 months of the year stress free and all to her and his family. However, when
Dayton head coach is named.........what! That is not suppose to happen until Izzo leaves, Tom Izzo will be back with
MSU for the 2010-2011 season as we have been saying for a week now.

By FinalFouru
FinalFourU.com
08/11/10

For the last two weeks we have seen head coach Tom Izzo get verbal commitments from Denzel Valentine (Scouts Inc.
grade 89), Travis Trice (Scouts Inc. grade 88), Kenny Kaminski (Scouts Inc. 90) and some months ago Dwaun Anderson
(Scouts Inc.grade 90). To add to those commitments, we have two more highly rated and ranked recruits in the 2011
class. Branden Dawson (Scouts Inc. grade 97 and ESPNU 100) and Brandan Kearney (Scouts Inc. grade 96 and ESPNU
100) are excellent shooting guards. Now sources close to FinalFourU.com have confirmed that
Matt Costello (Scouts Inc. grade 91) has informed Coach Izzo that he plans to attend Michigan State University. Many
MSU fans are upset though that more highly rated recruits such as Gary Harris, Jakarr Sampson,
Amir Williams, Mike Shaw, and Jordan Hare will not be able to come to MSU because the upcoming commitment of Matt
Costello will fill up our available scholarships up to 2012. The class of 2013 will be the next recruits Tom Izzo targets.
We here at FinalFoulU.com have a response to those fans who are upset, "Just be happy and don't worry." Let North
Carolina, Duke, Kansas, and Kentucky have the 5 star and highly rated 4 star recruits, for now. Tom Izzo is clearly
taking away recruits away from other Big Ten schools, such as Travis Trice (Minn. and NW.), Denzel Valentine (Wis. and
U of M), Branden Dawson (IU and Purdue), and Kenny Kaminski (OSU). He is sticking to his "Midwest" recruiting
strategy and staying away from the "National" recruits. All is well, folks.

Michigan State beating #9 ranked Purdue by nearly 20 points made me think of the Imported from Detroit commercial for
the Super Bowl YouTube.
Here is our Commercial with Eminem's Lose Yourself song in the background.

About a week ago, some young punk started talking trash to Tom Izzo and told Kalin Lucas to get off of his (bleeping)
court. Well, the Detroit News and Free Press jumped in and pronounced Michigan State dead. Radio hosts on 97.1 FM
who graduated from Michigan State made fun of the team this week but they all must of forgotten about MSU's
basketball history. The fact that Kalin Lucas former Big Ten Player of the Year lead MSU to two straight Final Fours
must have slipped their memory. They must have also forget that Tom Izzo has a National Championship ring and has
lead MSU to 6 Final Fours in 12 years. They also must have let it slip their mind that MSU is on their way to their 14th
straight NCAA tournament. Most importantly they forgot this saying, "Winners Win and Losers Lose." MSU owns the
month of March and Tom Izzo is Mr. March. So keep talking and MSU will keep on winning. Imported from East Lansing...

By FinalFouru
FinalFourU.com
06/25/11

Finally...The Story Behind the Percy Gibson Recruitment

As many of you already know, Detroit native Percy Gibson at 6-foot-9, 240-pounds committed to Iowa State after
decommitting from Dayton. So why did he not end up at Michigan State? The answer is Tom Izzo and Gary Harris. The
departure of Garrick Sherman left the only true big men of Roe, Nix (don't be surprise if he ends of transferring by the
end of the 2012 season), and Payne. Green and 5 star recruit Dawson are seen more as small forwards than true big
men. The departure of Lucious opened up a scholarship for B. Wood. The scholarship left behind by Sherman could of
easily been used by Gibson. By all of our inside accounts, MSU was Gibson's #1 choice. However, Izzo never fully
offered Gibson a scholarship. Why did he not offer Gibson? Izzo recruited and gave incoming and former teammate of
Gibson's Brandan Kearney a scholarship and never offered Gibson. When Gibson got out of his verbal to Dayton, Izzo
called and eventually asked him to come up to East Lansing for what many people have told us was a "try out". Gibson
was told by people around him that why should he have to "try out" for a scholarship when many BCS type schools had
already offered. Two, he was told by many people around him that if Izzo really wanted him, why didn't he offer him when
he offered his former teammate Kearney. Three, two words, "Cornell Mann". Four, when Gibson officially visited Ames,
Iowa in May, he already has a good relationship with two members of the Iowa State basketball program. Those men are
former Michigan State Spartans Chris Allen and Korie Lucious. Just read the quotes that Gibson said of Korie and Chris,
"He is a good player. He can definitely shoot," Gibson said of Allen. "He's a facilitator," Gibson said referring to Lucious.
Percy Gibson is not just your average 3 star incoming recruit. He had good offers when he chose Iowa State over
Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. Everyone that we have talked to on the AAU circuit tells us the same answer when
asked why Gibson was not offered. Izzo thinks that he can get Gary Harris, therefore needing that fourth scholarship
and not being able to of had Gibson and still get Harris as his 4th verbal for 2012. We all wish Gibson good luck at Iowa
State and to all of the MSU fans we have this to say....Gary Harris come on up to East Lansing.

By FinalFourU
FinalFourU.com
09/18/11

The ACC proved that some journalists, message boards posters, and the media in general are full of ………

I thought that conference expansion was ALL about football. I heard that the Big 12 this season was going to implode by
now. I had read that Texas A & M was going to be officially in the SEC by now and that Oklahoma was going to officially
apply to the PAC 12. Well, the ACC, Pitt, and Syracuse caught everyone by surprise and OFFICIALLY announced that
the universities of Pittsburgh and Syracuse would be joining the Atlantic Coastal Conference. Can anyone seriously tell
me that the ACC brought in Pitt and Syracuse for strictly football purposes? Would anyone be able to explain to me that
this move was made for the sole purpose to bring in the mid-major television markets of mid and upper New York and
the Pittsburgh market? Or was this because the ACC went into survival mode because unlike the PAC 12, SEC, and Big
Ten who are guaranteed a seat at the table in what will be the super conference BCS/playoff league, the ACC has well
positioned themselves to be a lock for that fourth mega conference and now has put tremendous pressure on the Big 12
and the Big East to not just let alone get the scraps from the table, but to just survive this wave of conference
expansion. Also, the ACC was very smart to realize that they would never be able to unseat the SEC as the premier
college football conference. However, they have made a strong case that they will be the premier college basketball
conference. Just look at what teams will be playing basketball in the ACC in the near future: UNC, Duke, Pitt, Maryland,
Syracuse, Wake Forest, NC State, Georgia Tech, and maybe even Connecticut if the ACC chooses to expand to 16
teams. I am well aware of the fact that college football brings in the most money in college athletics and that their
television deals bring in a lot of money but don’t forget that college basketball brings in their fair share of revenue as
well. A 14-year, nearly $11 billion agreement with CBS and Turner Sports for the TV rights to a 68-team tournament is
not small change people. Basketball programs like North Carolina, Kansas, Michigan State, UCLA, Duke, and Kentucky
are national programs that are well known and bring a great deal of money to their schools and athletic conferences. It
seems that almost every writer, blogger, and media member strictly focuses on the football aspect of conference
expansion. The ACC with their announcement this Sunday has proven otherwise.