Snoop Dogg: I wish I could've played for Izzo

Snoop Dogg may be an icon in southern California, but if the legendary rapper had his choice of college basketball coaches, he would be headed to Michigan State.

"I wish I could have played for Izzo," Snoop Dogg said Saturday, according to MLive.com's Eric Woodyard.

He got to meet the coach while he was in Flint on the weekend for a "Hoop 4 Water" charity game helping to raise money for the city that's suffering a devastating water crisis.

"When I watched Mo (Morris Peterson) and them back in the day and how they had so much fun out there, I like his spirit of how he knows how to coach."

Flint native Peterson also played in the game.

Though he's a USC fan, Snoop Dogg said it wasn't just Izzo that made the 18-time Grammy nominee feel a little partial to the Spartans.

"I love the 'S' on the Spartans uniform because if represents Snoop Dogg," he joked.

Snoop Dogg wore a No. 32 jersey with "Baby Magic" on the name plate in tribute to Spartans and Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson. Unfortunately, that didn't help his team to victory, as Peterson's deep 3-pointer late in the contest gave his squad the win.