Tom Izzo names Nix, Byrd as captains
Even as the words slipped out of his mouth, Tom Izzo knew the response they would elicit. “Our captains could be a little controversial as far as the media’s concerned,” he warned before revealing the names of the two players who would lead the Spartans in their quest to defend the Big Ten title. “It is Derrick Nix and Russell Byrd,” he said.