NIU's Montgomery preaches patience in second season
DeKALB – Patience.
It's something second-year Northern Illinois men's basketball coach Mark Montgomery didn't necessarily need to have during his 10 seasons as a Michigan State assistant.
From 2002 to 2011, Montgomery was an assistant for Tom Izzo teams that made the NCAA tournament all 10 years, getting all the way to the Final Four three times, and playing for the national championship in 2009.
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