UNIVERSITY PARK, PA −Tom Izzo sought divine intervention with Michigan State basketball’s shooting guard problems. Divine Ugochukwu delivered. Even though Izzo’s team found itself in a surprising dogfight against Penn State.

At 70 years old, Izzo is in his 31st season as Michigan State’s men’s basketball coach. He is the Big Ten’s all-time wins leader and took his Spartans to an 11th Big Ten championship in 2025 amid a 30-7 season that ended in the Elite Eight.

Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo watched lots of missed scoring opportunities against Penn State.

The Spartans led 17-8 six minutes in before Penn State ripped off a 23-5 run to flip the score and lead by nine with six minutes to play in the half. Despite hitting its final four field goals of the half and shooting 53.8 percent from the floor, Michigan State committed eight turnovers and went into the locker room trailing 39-36.

Tom Izzo is the winningest coach in Big Ten history, with a 745-303 record across this 31 seasons leading Michigan State's men's basketball team.

SportsLine's model simulated Duke Blue Devils vs. Michigan State Spartans 10,000 times and revealed its college basketball picks for the non-conference matchup at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.

The Michigan State Spartans rolled past the Kentucky Wildcats 83-66 in the Champions Classic. Here are the highlights:

Tom Izzo and the school agreed to an amendment in his contract on Friday, which ultimately gave Izzo a $1 million pay bump. It raises his overall salary to about $7.2 million, the highest among men's basketball coaches in the Big Ten.