Tag: class of 2022 basketball recruiting

Michigan State basketball target Enoch Boakye upgraded to five-star recruit by 247Sports

Boakye received a ratings bump in the latest 247Sports re-rank.

Tom Izzo could be less than a week away from landing yet another five-star prospect.

Enoch Boakye, who is set to announce his college decision on July 28, has been upgraded to a five-star player in the latest 247Sports top 150 re-rank for the class of 2022. Boakye is now the No. 18 player in the entire class of 2022 and the No. 3 center in the class. He had previously been a high four-star player and the No. 20 prospect in the 2022 class.

Michigan State is considered the heavy favorite to land the six-foot-ten star out of George Harris Prep in Mississauga. All twelve predictors on Rivals and 247Sports have Michigan State landing the big man. Boakye has offers from Arizona, BYU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and UCLA among a number of others. Duke and Kentucky are also recruiting him, but are yet to offer.

MSU’s 2022 class is the best in the country with No. 1 overall prospect Emoni Bates as its lone commit. Boakye’s addition would further cement MSU’s No. 1 status. If Bates does reclassify into 2021, Boakye would make for a great building block of the 2022 class, although he, too, is considering reclassifying in 2021.

Tom Izzo the only coach to contact Emoni Bates upon allowance of coaches calling 2022 prospects

College coaches were permitted to start contacting 2022 prospects at midnight on June 15.

Emoni Bates is the best basketball prospect since Kevin Durant and only one college coach called him at midnight on June 15 when coaches were permitted to begin calling class of 2022 prospects.

That is according to Forbes’ Adam Zagoria, who heard directly from Bates’ dad.

Bates’ abilities are so highly thought of that many college coaches simply aren’t investing the time in him despite the thought that he would immediately be the best college player upon his arrival. That is because the prevailing theory is that as soon as he is allowed to, Bates will be turning pro and with the “one-and-done” rule on the NBA chopping block, it seems unlikely Bates will ever wear a college uniform.

That isn’t stopping Izzo from recruiting him however, and Bates has been spotted a number of times working out at MSU. That is because Bates has the potential to reclassify and spend a year in college instead of what would be his senior year in high school. If that happens it looks like MSU could be in line to have him play for one season in East Lansing.

Try not to get too excited, but get excited.

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