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Baby steps before big breakthrough

By Adam Rittenberg
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 27, 2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Tom Izzo knows a thing or two about team-building and program-building, two tasks that sound similar but should be handled separately in big-time college sports. Izzo isn't the only Michigan State coach who understands this critical difference. Spartans football boss Mark Dantonio is on the same wavelength as his hoops colleague. "If you're looking at building a team, you do whatever you can do to get that team ready that year," Izzo said. "If you're looking to ...

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