Elite Eight coaches power rankings 1. Tom Izzo. The only active Hall of Famer still dancing is Izzo, who recently admitted that winning early tournament games don't excite him as

After Michigan State basketball was knocked out in the second round of the NCAA tournament by North Carolina last year, Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo made a promise. It seemed to be a promise to himself more than anything.

The Ole Miss men's basketball team shocked the landscape this season with their incredible two-year turnaround under head coach Chris Beard. After years of being irrelevant in the SEC, the program finished with a winning record in one of the best conferences in history and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in decades.

Twenty-five years after his lone national title, Tom Izzo has come up short of No. 2. Michigan State fell behind by 15 points in the opening minutes and never could fight all the way back against the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

What is Tom Izzo's March Madness record? Here's what you need to know on how the Michigan State coach has fared in the NCAA tournament:

Even though their teams haven't faced each other in four years, the admiration between Michigan State's Tom Izzo and New Mexico's Richard Pitino has not diminished.