Tom Izzo saw his unprecedented streak disappearing before his eyes

Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo was up in the air.

He and his program have been a staple of March Madness since the late 90s. In fact, coming into Selection Sunday this past weekend, Izzo's Spartans had made the NCAA Tournament 25 years in a row.

The problem? Year 26 wasn't a guarantee with the Spartans sitting on the bubble at 19-14 after a quarterfinal loss to Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament.

That streak is a record-breaker, but Izzo wasn't quite sure if it was going to be snapped on Sunday. Michigan State ended up making the tournament as the No.9 seed in the West region, but boy, did Izzo have a tense wait in the meantime.

“I meant, literally [didn’t sleep]," Izzo told the media of his reaction to MSU being on the bubble (h/t On3). "It was funny because, listen, streaks are meant to be broken. Records are meant to be broken. I’m sure the day is gonna come, one way or another, but it just seemed like we had worked our way over the hump and that was an eye-opening 10:30, watching another game. The way it evolved was eye-opening for me. So, it kind of took care of the rest of the night.”

Ultimately, the Spartans are in and will have a chance to advance if they beat No. 8 Mississippi State in the first round, but let's just say that Izzo will be enjoying the moment either way on Thursday. He doesn't take what MSU has accomplished in his tenure for granted.

"I told my family, because they all asked me, I said, ‘You know what? It’s been a hell of a ride.” And it’s not going to end, and if we wouldn’t have made it, I would have tried to start another streak,” Izzo said.

That's what makes him one of the greats, that competitive spirit.

Let's see if the Spartans can pick up on that Thursday morning.