Watching a team like yours is what makes me love college basketball. They're very classy young men and I told them that. You should be very proud of them. They're rioting in East Lansing. Nobody thought much about it initially.
Interpretations are occasionally more exaggerated than reality.
And coach Tom Izzo couldn't hide his disgust Sunday. There's no way of knowing whether those who initially lit the fuse were MSU students, but that's irrelevant in the smoldering aftermath. It's obvious by the sheer numbers of those involved in Saturday night's unruliness that some students participated, and those mental midgets weren't deserving of a basketball team that so gallantly represented their university and their state. And if any of them are watching me right now, and if they're students or fans of Michigan State basketball, I don't want you as a part of my program any longer. If you're a season-ticket holder, I will personally buy your tickets next year because I don't want you as a fan.