Michigan State's Tom Izzo not happy with idea of ending postgame handshake: 'Typical of our country right now'

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Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo – the longest-tenured coach in the Big Ten – wasn’t happy with what went down between Michigan’s Juwan Howard and Wisconsin coach Greg Gard and assistant Joe Krabbenhoft at the conclusion of their game on Sunday afternoon.

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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Illinois won 79-74. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Howard is expected to be suspended for the final five games of the regular season for his role when he slapped Krabbenhoft after arguing with Gard following a Badgers’ 77-63 victory on Sunday.

In the handshake line post-game is when everything happened. And now there is talk of potentially eliminating handshake lines after college basketball games — but Izzo disagrees with that.

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Head coach Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans talks with Gabe Brown at Mackey Arena on March 18, 2021 in West Lafayette, Indiana.  (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

"Not shaking hands, that's typical of our country right now," Izzo said via, Yahoo Sports. "Instead of solving the problem, let's make an excuse and let's see if we can just instead of, confronting and demanding that it changes, let's eliminate it so that we don't have those problems. Let's try to do that. That's perfect us right now, that's not perfect me. That's not happening here. So if some team doesn't want to shake hands, you're gonna see 15 of my guys walk down and shake air. We're going to shake air and I'm