Green Room podcast: One on one with ex-Spartan, billionaire Mat Ishbia
Matt Charboneau and Tony Paul talk to former Michigan State basketball player Mat…


The Detroit News
Matt Charboneau and Tony Paul talk to former Michigan State basketball player Mat Ishbia, who made a $32 million donation to MSU athletics two weeks ago.
Ishbia, the CEO of the nation’s No. 1 wholesale lender at Pontiac-based United Wholesale Mortgage, discusses a wide range of subjects from his walk-on days with Tom Izzo’s Spartans to taking the last shot in the 2000 NCAA championship game.
Here are some of the highlights from this edition of the Green Room:
►1:50: Michigan State’s ‘Human Victory Cigar’
►5:30: Ishbia credits Tom Izzo for his business success
►9:00: Does he hire Michigan graduates?
►12:30: Spartans (11-9) should ‘stay the course’
►17:10: Michigan State brotherhood
►19:30: Single father of three kids
►24:00: No Magic behind $32M donation
►26:45: Last shot of 2000 NCAA championship game
►31:20 Preview of upcoming games
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