Tom Izzo clarifies his heavily criticized comments

After the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team took care of business on Friday night with an 85-57 win over the Indiana Hoosiers, the team's head coach, Tom Izzo, issued a statement on the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal that the school enabled.

Nassar, 54, was the predator in the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history, and he was in court this past week hearing the survivors read their statements in front of him. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison as a result of a separate child pornography possession charge and will be sentenced to more time in the near future as well.

While Izzo's statement as a whole indicated that the 62-year-old is very supportive of the more than 140 alleged victims that have accused Nassar of abuse, one line got everybody talking and wondering if the rest of what he said actually reflects his true feelings on the matter.

Here is what he said, according to Land of 10.

"I hope the right person was convicted."

The line drew criticism from many across the country, including the mother of two-time Olympian and six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman. Following the backlash that came as a result of this remark, Izzo clarified what he meant by it and that he truly meant no harm.

Here is how Izzo clarified his earlier remarks, according to ESPN.

"On Friday night in my postgame press conference, I used the wrong words when trying to express my belief that Larry Nassar and anyone else who broke the law should be held accountable for their crimes. My overall message was, and remains, that I have tremendous admiration for the courage the survivors have shown, and that Larry Nassar has permanently damaged the lives of so many people and deserves all the punishment that he receives."

Truth be told, Izzo pretty much made all of this extremely clear in his initial statement. However, this most recent statement clarified that his word choice in terms of hoping the right person was convicted was not the best way to go about expressing his support for the survivors.

In essence, he literally said what he previously said, but without including that controversial line.

Whatever got into his head to say that to begin with, I have no idea. Obviously the right guy has been convicted. But give Izzo credit for clarifying what he meant, especially if it truly was an honest mistake, which it likely was.