Michigan State basketball's four captains — Jeremy Fears Jr., Coen Carr, Jaxon Kohler and Carson Cooper — are pivotal to Tom Izzo getting more titles.

Kevin Willard waited in the Boston Celtics’ staff room as Rick Pitino unloaded after a crushing last-second loss and delivered one of the great rants in ticked-off sports coach history. Pitino’s tirade is remembered and mimicked to this day — how Larry Bird and other Celtics greats weren’t “walking through that door” — a reminder that the championship days were over and it was past time for fans to embrace patience with a younger team. “He walked out the door and went right into the staff room,” Willard said with a laugh.

The California native and 5-star recruit trims his list to three.