EAST LANSING -- After his 20th season as a head coach, Tom Izzo says he's planning a significant change to his defensive strategy.

In light of the increasing number of fouls called in college basketball as officials enforce new freedom of movement rules, Izzo said he's planning on using a zone defense next year -- something he's stayed away from throughout his coaching career

"Are we all going to change to zone? Jud (Heathcote) is going to get his dream," Izzo said on Thursday. "It took me 20 years, but next year, I swear to you, we will play some if everything stays like it is."

Zones have been increasingly used in college basketball in the last two years to help teams avoid foul trouble. Izzo noted that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski used zone at times this year as he led his team to a national title. Krzyzewski, like Izzo, had historically played only man-to-man defense.

This isn't the first time this year the Michigan State coach has spoken of adding a zone. He claimed in January that he was considering adding one as his team faced increasing foul trouble. His team even used one on two possessions early in the season, he said.

That change never came to fruition this season. But after a Final Four game in which the Spartans gave up a season-high 37 trips to the free-throw line in a loss to Duke, Izzo is revisiting the idea.

The zone is just one change Izzo has talked about in the face of the increasing fouls in college basketball. He also said after his team's loss to Duke that he planned on changing his recruiting to find more players who could drive and draw fouls.

"After the year I am going to look at a lot of different things," Izzo said on Thursday. "How teams play, and why are certain teams getting to the line, what do we do and what should we be doing,"

Officiating came under heavy scrutiny following the Final Four for consistency issues. Izzo said he doesn't think the way games have been called in recent years can continue.

"I think there will be changes, I don't know what they will be," Izzo said. "I feel bad for all parties.

"The officials, I feel bad for the coaches, and I feel bad for the players, and I've got my reasons I feel bad, and I'm not going to say it here, but there has to be. I'm looking for consistency. The only way there's consistency is if people hold people accountable for that consistency."

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