{"id":100249,"date":"2025-12-18T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100249\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:30:07","slug":"tom-izzo-previews-oakland-talks-christmas-sweaters-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100249\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Izzo previews Oakland, talks Christmas sweaters tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dec. 18, 2025, 4:36 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Michigan State basketball took out Toledo on Tuesday in convincing fashion, 92-69, and earned their 10th win of the season. Now, an annual contest against Oakland is on deck for the Spartans, who will face off with the Golden Grizzlies inside of Little Caesars Arena on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Spartans practiced on Thursday, and following the practice, Tom Izzo spoke to the media and talked about his program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Izzo talked about his good friend Greg Kampe, and the craziness that Oakland causes Michigan State with funky zones and exotic offense. Aside from the game, Izzo talked about practice strategy and what MSU is addressing internally to make sure they continue improving on their hot start. Most importantly, Izzo talked about the Christmas sweaters that they will be wearing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Courtesy of Spartan Mag on YouTube, watch the post practice media session:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_9xMxUHRaxg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Tom Izzo | Pre-Oakland | Post-Practice Update | Michigan State Basketball \"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_9xMxUHRaxg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us\u00a0@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thespartanswire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The SpartansWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpartansWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. 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