EAST LANSING – In Tom Izzo’s debut as head ... behind the bench at his predecessor, Jud Heathcote, along with Magic Johnson. “That was not good,” Izzo recalled Thursday with a laugh.

The schedule is full of early season tournaments that could create buzzworthy marquee matchups. And many of those come in warm-weather locations.

Michigan State Hall of Famer Tom Izzo is making his fifth trip to Maui, where he debuted as Jud Heathcote’s successor at the 1995 tournament. Izzo’s Spartans have twice competed at Atlantis ...

Not Tom Izzo. When it was the grizzled Michigan State coach’s ... some seven times in total for the Maui Invitational including his days as an assistant to Jud Heathcote. “Sadness struck me,” he said ...