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AS CONFERENCE BATTLES ARE JOINED FROM COAST TO COAST, THE BOND BETWEEN A COACH AND A PLAYER-LIKE THE ONE SHARED BY MSU'S TOM IZZO AND MAURICE AGER-IS KEY TO A TEAM'S SURVIVAL

Updated: July 10, 2012, 3:06 PM ET
By ELENA BERGERON

Winter always comes early. Sitting in the visitors locker room at Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center five days before Thanksgiving, after a 22-point drubbing by the unranked Rainbow Warriors, Maurice Ager can at least comfort himself with that thought. An hour later, his left leg still throbbing from cramps that crumpled four Michigan State starters, it helps Ager endure the woofing hoops junkies on the quick flight to Maui for the upcoming Invitational. And it steadies him later that night at the pretourney ...

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