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Izzo Blowup

I'm curious as to everyone's thoughts on Izzo's behavior towards Henry during the game yesterday. If you aren't aware, Izzo was upset with the play of Henry on multiple occasions causing Izzo to come onto the court at the beginning of a timeout to grab Henry and twice having to be separated from Henry by his own players.

Video and article here.

Asked about the altercations after the game, Izzo was not apologetic:

"What's wrong with challenging a kid that makes some mistakes?" Izzo said via ESPN. "Aaron Henry -- trust me -- did some things that you can't do as a starter on a top-5 team at the end of your freshman year. They were effort-related.

"I did get after him. He did respond. He did make a couple of big buckets. He did make some big free throws but that's not good enough. It's one-and-done time. The 'my-bads' are out the window."

I understand the sentiment, but I believe he crossed a line. If he wasn't Izzo, the headlines would be quite a bit different today. It's not too different from the Pat Chambers incident.

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