Some Michigan State fans in the Izzone section taunted Purdue’s Robbie Hummel by telling him to tear his ACL again. This incident lead to a bit of an altercation with Matt Painter, the Purdue head coach.
Painter was not the only coach that was ticked off. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo was also upset over the heckling by Spartan fans. Here’s what he had to say:
“Robbie Hummel is one of the most respected people in this league, and I want our fans to be as hard as they can be,” Izzo said. “I just don’t want them to be ignorant.
“That would be a very ignorant statement. I would throw the guy out of here that said something like that. If he wants to talk about his grandmother, I wouldn’t like it, but I’d deal with it. But if he wants to talk about an injury to a kid who’s been through so much, I’ll try to find out who it was and make sure that I buy his ticket.”
It’s unfortunate that a small handful of fans that act like idiots can make a whole fan base look bad. ...
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