Michigan State ‘in the mix’ for Harvard Graduate transfer Bryce Aiken

MSU perceived as a real threat to land top college basketball graduate transfer

It came early and under strange circumstances, but the college basketball offseason is in full swing.

Along with the release of some 2021 NCAA Tournament betting odds, the transfer market is starting to heat up. A number of players have entered the proverbial transfer portal and one of the most coveted ones is eyeing Michigan State.

Point guard Bryce Aiken has been at Harvard for four years, but missed much of the 2019-2020 season with an injury. He has announced that he will be seeking a graduate transfer year at another school and Michigan State is one of the favorites to land him. Aiken average 22.2 points per game as a junior for Harvard and shot 40% from three that year. However he only played in 63 games over his four years at Harvard due to injuries.

Aiken spoke with Evan Daniels of 24/7 sports about his recruiting process and who has been in contact with. Aiken said, of teams that he was hoping would reach out, “I guess you could say the Blue Blood schools and Michigan State I would definitely love to hear from. Seeing Cassius [Winston] in their program and him obviously leaving to go to the NBA this year, it would definitely be an interest of mine.”

It appears as though word got back to East Lansing as today Adam Zagoria of NJ.com tweeted that Michigan State is among the teams “strong in the mix,” for the guard’s services.

Michigan State currently has two incoming freshman signed to scholarships for the start of the 2020 season. After that things get interesting. Other options for a new scholarship spot opening up are Xavier Tillman going pro, Josh Langford going pro, a current player on the roster transferring. Based on Michigan State’s actions in recruiting (i.e. still pursuing a third high school kid for the 2020 recruiting class) it stands to reason the Spartan staff expects at least one of those things to happen. If they continue to pursue another incoming freshman *and* Bryce Aiken, then we can assume the MSU staff still thinks it had two open scholarships for 2020.

The high school prospect drawing much of MSU’s interest is five-star combo guard Karim Mane out of Quebec.

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