Neil Paine writes a piece based on one metric with a fairly small sample size, and all of the sudden, everyone is crawling all over each other lavishing praise on Izzo. I think it comes just as much from hating on Calipari and Krzyzweski as is does admiring Izzo, and that hatred is pure jealousy and nothing else.

Michigan State has 7 Final Four appearances in the last 17 seasons. Duke has 5. Kentucky has made the Final Four in four out of the last five seasons. Title game appearances since 1999: MSU 2 (2000, 2009), Duke 3 (1999, 2001, 2010), Kentucky 2 (2012, 2014). Titles since 1999: MSU 1 (2000), Duke 2 (2001, 2010), Kentucky 1 (2012).