Category: Recruiting

Michigan State men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has announced the signing of Jordan Scott and Cam Ward, who will join the program for the 2025-26 school year.

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Things might have gotten a little tense as October rolled around for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo. The Spartans lost out on two elite blue-chippers — falling short as a Top 3 finalist. They didn’t even get that far for two other five-star talents. But as Izzo put it at Big Ten Basketball Media Days, “Coming close to a few recruits is like wanting to marry somebody and finishing second. You might as well finish 900th.”

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Don’t look now, but Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball are heating up on the recruiting trail. The Spartan men’s basketball program received more good news from the recruiting front on Tuesday. This time, it’s another class of 2025 commit in power forward Cam Ward from Upper Marlboro, Md.

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On Thursday night, 4-star wing Jordan Scott announced his commitment to MSU. Notably, the Spartans beat out Big Ten rival Maryland for Scott’s commitment. Scott is the No. 52 ranked player in the country by 247sports and their No. 11 ranked small forward

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Basketball season is quickly approaching and with it, recruiting for the 2025 class is beginning to heat up. The Spartans are still awaiting their first commitment and have missed out on some priority prospects already. Most recently Darius Adams chose Connecticut over MSU and Tennessee. This leaves the Spartans without a top shooting guard prospect for the ‘25 class but Tom Izzo is still in the hunt for several highly rated players at other positions. Let’s take a look at where things stand with 2025 recruiting.

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According to 247Sports reporter Jeff Rabjohns, Izzo was recently in attendance to see both Jalen Haralson and Darius Adams. Both recruits are top priorities for Michigan State in the 2025 class and are teammates at La Lumiere High School in Indiana. Both guys are five-star prospects, with Haralson coming in as the No. 9 player in the country and Adams checking in at No. 17.

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Tom Izzo and his staff have been hitting the recruiting trail extremely hard recently. It seems like every other day Izzo is seen watching a top recruit play, and that was seen once again over the past few days when Izzo has been watching two of the top recruits in the country.

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It’s no secret that Michigan State basketball has a lot of work to do in the recruiting world. We’ve now reached July and Tom Izzo and his staff are yet to receive a commitment in the 2025 class. I wouldn’t say it’s panic time yet, but I think we’d all love to see that class begin to take shape.Even though Michigan State has yet to earn a commitment, it hasn’t been due to a lack of effort. In fact, Izzo has just scheduled two official visits with two of the best prospects in the 2025 class.

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Our friends over at 247Sports completed their final class of 2024 rankings adjustment for basketball, which signifies the guard turning over to the 2025 class. Where does Michigan State basketball stand? The Duke Blue Devils are the biggest winners from the 2025 class. Now that the rankings are finalized, Duke sports the No. 1 class headlined by the unanimous No. 1 player in the class, Cooper Flagg, along with four other five-stars. Michigan State finishes off this recruiting cycle ranked 15th in the nation with three high school players committed and signed to the program.

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Michigan State’s basketball program on Tuesday landed University of Nebraska Omaha transfer Frankie Fidler — who immediately enters the pantheon of great names in Spartan lore, alongside Napoleon Outlaw, SirDarean Adams and others. Beyond his stellar name, Fidler fills a significant need on MSU’s roster for a skilled and sizable wing.

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Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball have officially made a splash in the NCAA transfer portal. The Spartans have picked up the commitment of Frankie Fidler, an elite small forward transfer from Nebraska-Omaha. Fidler is a 6’7″/200 pound wing, averaging 20.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game for the Mavericks last season. He is one of the top wing prospects in the portal.

Source: Spartans Wire

Michigan State is set to host Ohio State inside of the Breslin Center on Sunday afternoon for a big time Big Ten matchup. While the matchup on the floor is imperative for the Spartans as they move into March, the Spartans will be making it a big day for recruiting as well.

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Michigan State basketball has one of the best 2024 recruiting classes in the country. Currently sitting at No. 13 in the country and No. 3 in the Big Ten, the Spartans have yet another incredible recruiting class coming in. Especially considering most teams ranked above them have more commits than MSU, it really puts into perspective how great this class is.

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Michigan State’s men’s basketball team has received signed National Letters of Intent from Jesse McCulloch (Cleveland, Ohio / Lutheran East), Jase Richardson (Miami, Fla. / Columbus) and Kur Teng (Manchester, N.H. / Bradford Christian Academy [Mass.]). The Spartans’ recruiting class has been recognized nationally as one of the best in the country.

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Michigan State basketball received a major commitment to their 2024 recruiting class, adding four-star guard Jase Richardson. The 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard announced his commitment on ESPN, as the Columbus (Fla.) Explorers took place in the Top Flight Invitational. Richardson announced his commitment at halftime of the fifth place game. The Explorers will participate in the championship game on Oct. 15 at 9:00pm eastern against the Florida Eagles.

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Already securing commits from four-star shooting guard Kur Teng and three-star big Jesse McCulloch, Tom Izzo and Co. are moving along nicely with the 2024 Michigan State basketball recruiting class. Continuing to look forward, though, who else are they in pursuit of?

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Teng is one of the better shooters in the class and if you want to get really excited about this commitment, Justin Thind of 247Sports even compared his game to Josh Langford’s. That would be a heck of a complementary piece next year to Fears, Coen Carr, Gehrig Normand, and Xavier Booker, assuming the entire 2023 class returns.

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“As we get ready to go on our trip to San Diego, nothing is more exciting than having the four players that my staff did such a job recruiting and my players did a good job,” Izzo said in a statement. “We got four guys that are ‘OKG’ — Our Kinda Guys. They were guys that get along, they kind of united together. All four of them spent a lot of time talking to each other.

Source: Detroit News

Michigan State’s men’s basketball team has received signed National Letters of Intent from Xavier Booker (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral), Coen Carr (East Point, Ga./Legacy Early College), Jeremy Fears (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) and Gehrig Normand (North Richland Hills, Texas/Birdville).

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