Tom Izzo trying to pin Jeremy Fears' blame on Michigan is next-level ridiculous

So it turns out that Dusty May knew exactly what he was talking about in the whole Jeremy Fears situation, as days after the Michigan basketball head coach called out Fears for his dirty play against the Wolverines last week, Fears garnered national attention for more of the same against Minnesota.

In the Spartans' loss to the Golden Gophers, there were a few questionable plays by Fears, the Michigan State point guard whom Tom Izzo tried to defend earlier this week. On one play, Fears actually used a backwards kick to hit a Minnesota player in the groin.

Fears also tripped a Minnesota player, or attempted to, as he did numerous times during the Spartan's 83-71 loss at the Breslin Center to Michigan basketball last Friday.

Despite all of that, Izzo is still trying to blame others for what Fears is doing. He did say that "Jeremy needs to grow up." However, that was after he had the audacity to blame Michigan media members, who asked May about Fears, as well as the response by the Wolverines head coach for what happened on Wednesday.

"When somebody comes out and publicly says something about a guy, that sometimes happens. But that's Jeremy's fault," Izzo told reporters after the Michigan State loss.

Tom Izzo's conduct has been ridiculous

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Izzo's idea of accountability is maybe bringing Fears off the bench for the next game, while blaming a reporter, Dusty May, and opponents for what Fears did.

Fears wasn't baited into kicking a player in the groin. Just like he wasn't baited into the dirty stuff he did against Michigan, what May called "Dangerous."

Jeremy Fears only has himself to blame, although the lack of accountability and the ridiculous reaction of his head coach to both instances certainly hasn't helped.