No. 1 seed Michigan State defeated No. 8 seed Oregon 74-64 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, guard Jaden Akins and forward Coen Carr spoke after the game. Below is a transcript of Michigan State’s postgame press conference on Friday.

Izzo is surpassing milestones and reached a big anniversary of his lone title. At 70, with a highly ranked team, he's hoping to add to his legacy.

East Lansing — As the glow of its outright Big Ten championship set in last Thursday at Iowa, the Michigan State men’s basketball had a visitor. It only took a few seconds for the players to start chanting his name.

And apparently he isn’t. “He has the energy of a young coach,” freshman Jase Richardson was saying in the Michigan State locker room Friday, fresh off scoring 17 points to lead the Spartans over Oregon, 74-64, in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. “Sometimes when you’re out there, you think he’s you’re age.”

Michigan State basketball's Tom Izzo won his fourth Big Ten coach of the year award Tuesday, the oldest in league history to do so.

Spartans coach Tom Izzo supported his player and made sure the tradition got to continue without any more issues. Izzo gave his thoughts about what happened on the court during his post-game press conference,

In 30 years as Michigan State’s head coach, Izzo owns a career record of 733-300, with his 360 Big Ten wins — and counting — the most by a coach in conference history. Izzo’s 11th conference title tied Indiana’s Bob Knight and Purdue’s Ward “Piggy” Lambert for the most in Big Ten history.

Here's what Tom Izzo had to say about his team's win over Michigan and the incident surrounding the logo tradition at the end of the game

Tom Izzo's simple goal is for Michigan State basketball to keep improving, even with the Spartans on the verge of a Big Ten title Thursday at Iowa.

To go along with his championship, Tom Izzo has officially been named the 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year, winning the highest honor a head coach can win in the conference.

Michigan State rolled to victory over Oregon in quarterfinal round of Big Ten tournament for head coach Tom Izzo.