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Top 2022 basketball prospect Emoni Bates reportedly calls MSU his ‘dream school’

The No. 1 high school prospect in the country recently referred to Michigan State as his dream school, according to a Twitter user.

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The best high school basketball player in the world right now, regardless of age, is Emoni Bates. The top 2022 basketball prospect has already received comparisons to Kevin Durant and is all but guaranteed to emerge as the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. The hype behind Bates, who lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, is immense, and according to Tipton Edits, a Twitter user who has connections in the college basketball recruiting world, Bates recently called MSU his ‘dream school.’

The only question is, will Bates even spend time in school? There is still rampant speculation about the NBA changing the rules by the time Bates would be eligible to play for the Spartans. If the NBA does allow high school players to enter the NBA Draft in 2022, Bates would be the focus, and the face, of that decision.

Here is the initial tweet from Tipton Edits:

Bates has been around the program since he first got to high school, and MSU is the frontrunner along with Kentucky to land his recruitment if he goes to school, but that is still a fairly big ‘if’ at this point so temper your expectations accordingly.

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Michigan State Football offers 2021 3-star safety Jaden Slocum

MSU and Mel Tucker have offered a 3-star safety out of Georgia in Jaden Slocum.

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Michigan State Football head coach Mel Tucker has not wasted any time in recruiting despite a global crisis. On Saturday, 3-star 2021 safety Jaden Slocum out Alpharetta, Georgia announced that he has received an offer from the Spartans.

Slocum is the No. 37 ranked player in the state of Georgia in the 2021 recruiting class according to the 247sports composite rankings. He is also the No. 23 ranked safety in that class according to those same rankings. Slocum has offers from some major programs such as Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Tucker had already offered Slocum a scholarship back at Colorado, we have seen Tucker offer a number of players scholarships to MSU that he had already offered while at his old position.

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Michigan State Football offers 2021 3-star OLB Aidan Hubbard from Cleveland, Ohio

Michigan State Football has offered a 3-star outside linebacker out of St. Ignatius high school in Cleveland.

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The NCAA suspended all on and off-campus recruiting today due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, but not before Michigan State Football and new head coach Mel Tucker were able to get off a few more scholarship offers. We already covered the offer they sent to 3-star defensive end Hammond Russell. Two hours after that offer was revealed, Aidan Hubbard, the 3-star outside linebacker out of St. Ignatius High School, announced on Twitter that he also received an offer from the Spartans.

Hubbard is the No. 42 ranked outside linebacker according to 247sports’ composite rankings. They also have him ranked as the No. 23 ranked player in the state of Ohio which puts him 3 spots ahead of Hammond Russell.

Hubbard has offers from a number of Big Ten schools including Minnesota, Northwestern, and Purdue. Wisconsin also has an interest in the outside linebacker.

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Michigan State Football offers highly touted 2022 prospect DT Tyler Booker

Michigan State has offered Tyler Booker, a 2022 DT prospect out of IMG Academy who has offers from top programs around the country.

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Ever since Mel Tucker took over as the new head coach of Michigan State Football, they have been throwing their hat into the ring for a number of top prospects around the country. The latest recruiting prospect to receive an offer? 2022 defensive tackle Tyler Booker out of IMG Academy, one of the top prep schools in the country for high school football.

The 6’4″, 290 pound Booker has scholarship offers from some of the top programs in the country like Florida, Georgia, LSU, and Michigan. Tucker, who has been known as a strong recruiter from his days at Ohio State, Alabama, and Georgia, clearly has no fear of going up against some of the big boys when sending out his scholarship offers. It’ll be interesting to see if Tucker can swing a couple big-name recruits away from some of the highest-profile teams in the SEC and Big Ten.

Here is Booker’s announcement of the offer, which he revealed on Twitter:

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Report: 4-star 2021 SG Luke Goode on campus for Michigan State vs. Ohio State game

Michigan State now has four top basketball recruits attending Sunday’s game against Ohio State.

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As Michigan State’s match-up against Ohio State gets ready to begin, reports came out that the Spartans will have yet another top high school basketball recruit in the building to watch the game. According to Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers, 4-star shooting guard Luke Good out of Fort Wayne, Indiana will be in attendance.

Goode is the fourth high-profile recruiting prospect to be reported to be attending the game today. 247sports has him as the No. 7 best player in the state of Indiana and the No. 22 ranked shooting guard in the 2021 class.

Here is a full recap of every basketball recruit visiting East Lansing for the big game:

In addition to the four basketball recruits who will be in the Breslin Center today, Mel Tucker also has five of the best football players in the state of Michigan attending as well, making this a huge day for both programs in terms of recruiting.

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Report: 4-star 2021 PG Jaden Akins on unofficial visit to Michigan State for Ohio State basketball game

One of the top prospects in the state of Michigan for 2021 will be in East Lansing on Sunday to watch MSU vs. Ohio State.

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This weekend will not only be a huge opportunity for Michigan State to earn the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, but it will also be a massive recruiting weekend for both the football and basketball programs. We already knew that 5-star shooting guard Max Christie will be present along with five top football prospects, and today it was reported by Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers that 2021 4-star point guard Jaden Akins will also be in attendance on an unofficial visit.

Akins is the No. 3 ranked player in the state of Michigan according to the 247sports composite rankings. 247sports also has him projected to go to Michigan State and if that happens that will be a major recruiting win for Tom Izzo and the Spartans. As Weingarten mentioned, Akins has become a hot prospect in the Big Ten, with offers from Iowa, Michigan, and Michigan State.

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New MSU Football HC Mel Tucker offers scholarships to two 2021 3-star prospects

Michigan State’s new head coach Mel Tucker has extended scholarship offers to two 3-star prospects in the 2021 class.

A big reason why Michigan State poached new head coach Mel Tucker from Colorado was for his reputation as one of the top recruiters in college football, and the new leader of MSU Football has already started working on his 2021 recruiting class. Two 2021 3-star recruits announced on Twitter on Tuesday that they had received scholarship offers from the Spartans.

The first player to announce his offer was Cameron James, a huge, 6’8″ offensive tackle from Simeon High School in Chicago, Illinois. Tucker has a reputation of loving big offensive linemen so this certainly fits the bill. 247sports has James listed as the No. 46 ranked offensive tackle in the 2021 class.

Shortly after James announced his offer, Ari Patu announced his own. Patu is a dual-threat quarterback out of Folsom High School in California and 247sports has him listed as the No. 12 ranked dual-threat QB in his class.

Recruiting will be something we monitor closely under the Tucker regime, so stay tuned for more info.