Couch: Swanigan the latest sign Izzo is still tickin’

Speculation of Tom Izzo’s demise, it turns out, was a teensy bit exaggerated.

The man who’d lost his touch, could no longer lure coveted recruits and might never again win on a big stage is having a helluva spring — and proving the overreactions from the Chicago strikeout of 2013 and ’14 were simply the outspoken margins of a spoiled fan base battling a case of hysteria. That and Chicago being Chicago. - Read more at LSJ.com