MUST WATCH: Oakland's Greg Kampe Joins Michigan State's Tom Izzo's Postgame
DETROIT, Mich. -- Michigan State men's basketball was able to come away victorious in its meeting with Oakland at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, making a final push in the second half to ultimately pull away for a 77-58 win.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and his good friend, longtime Oakland head coach Greg Kampe, were in the holiday spirit as the two of them matched with Grinch sweaters.
It was only fitting that afterward, Kampe join in on Izzo's postgame press conference.
You can watch part of Izzo's presser below; Kampe joins around the 4:10 mark.
Below is a partial transcript from Izzo's opening statement:
Izzo: "For the people down here -- I mean, there's part of me that hates this game, I've said it every year -- but you got to give Kampe credit, man. The time he's put in there, the job he's done, the different lineups he's had to play, the injuries he's going through. I thought the kid, No. 7, who's been out, [Isaiah] Jones, the other Jones, I mean, this team is going to be damn good, and that league, I think, is going to be really good. Now, we didn't come with the same defensive intensity the first half, and they caused some of it. I thought Jeremy Fears, of all the people, when you talk about a guy that has one basket and really not as many assists as normal -- four assists -- I thought he won us the game just because of the job he did on [DQ] Cole. And he asked for him at halftime, and I said, 'Sure.' And that was the difference in the game. We had some other guys that played pretty well. [Xavier] Booker, of course, came in. Jaxon [Kohler] gets another double-double, which was really big on his part. ... I can't thank our crowd enough, and hopefully Oakland's crowd too, but the number of people from Michigan State that showed up, that's why I play it, so people that never see us can see us. And a lot of times, those people don't get to get into Breslin, and I greatly appreciate it, the way they were."
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