As the transfer portal opens amid the NCAA Tournament, consternation abounds over how different — and perhaps not for the better — college basketball is now than it was a decade ago. Transfers accounted for more than half of the scoring in the NCAA Tournament through two rounds,

While many college basketball teams have built through the transfer portal, Michigan State's Tom Izzo sticks to more of an old-school approach.

Tom Izzo is crying. In a college basketball world that has become overrun by NIL and the transfer portal, Michigan State’s iconic coach had plenty of love for the team he has built over multiple years after punching a ticket to the Elite Eight.