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Pregame thoughts from press row

By Andy Katz

Monday, April 6, 2009

DETROIT -- A few thoughts while sitting courtside as Ford Field quickly fills up … • Michigan State coach Tom Izzo walked outside early Monday morning to get a sense of the cold weather. He wanted to see how much snow was falling, how bitter the wind was and whether or not it would be a classic Michigan winter day. It was. • Izzo rode over to the 1 p.m. shootaround with former Detroit Lions coach Steve Mariucci, his Iron Mountain, Mich., childhood friend, next to him on the ...

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