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WATCH: Former Spartan, Rocket Watts hits game-winning three to lift Oakland past Wright State

Former Spartan guard Rocket Watts came up big for Oakland with a game-winning three-pointer on Sunday

Former Spartan guard Rocket Watts came up big for Oakland with a game-winning three-pointer on Sunday.

With about 12 seconds left in the game and Oakland trailing Wright State, Watts hit a three-pointer from the corner that would serve as the game-winning bucket. Watts finished the game with 12 points to help lead the Grizzlies to the victory.

Oakland has now four straight games since the Spartans beat them in late December.

Check out the game-winning highlight from Watts below:

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Michigan State basketball to host Oakland, former PG Rocket Watts in 2022

Michigan State will welcome back a familiar face to the Breslin Center this upcoming season

Michigan State will welcome back a familiar face to the Breslin Center this upcoming season.

Oakland released their official non-conference schedule on Wednesday, and it featured a trip to Michigan State on Dec. 21. That means former Spartans guard Rocket Watts — who transferred to Oakland this past offseason — will return to the Breslin Center to face one of his old teams.

 

This year’s matchup between the Spartans and Grizzlies will be the 20th meeting of all-time, with Michigan State winning each of the 19 prior battles. This will be the 11th straight year the two Michigan-based schools play each other, with the Spartans winning last year’s matchup by the score of 90-78.

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Rocket Watts gets NCAA waiver, set to play for Oakland in 2022-23

Rocket Watts has received a waiver from the NCAA and will be suiting up for Greg Kampe and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies in 2022-23

Former Michigan State guard Rocket Watts has found his new collegiate home. After transferring from Michigan State to Mississippi State, Watts had decided to transfer from Mississippi State after a disappointing year and now will be suiting up for Greg Kampe and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.

One last hurdle for Watts to climb was getting a waiver from the NCAA that would allow him to play this season, and not sit out a year for transferring a second time. It appears that Watts was given that waiver and he will be suiting up for Oakland in the 2022-23 campaign.

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Former Michigan State basketball guard Rocket Watts commits to Oakland via transfer portal

Rocket Watts is set to transfer to Oakland

Rocket Watts is coming home. After a disappointing, injury-riddled season with Mississippi State, former Michigan State basketball guard Rocket Watts is returning to his home state and committing to Oakland via the NCAA transfer portal.

There was a time where Rocket Watts looked like the heir apparent for the Spartans before he was asked to adapt to a point guard role out of necessity. After a disappointing season trying to play point guard, Watts looked for a fresh start with Mississippi State but was saddled with a hip injury throughout the season and only averaged 4.4 points per game, a career-low for him.

I think Oakland is a great fit for Watts to come in and try to be the aggressive, speedy guard he was in his first year with MSU.

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Rocket Watts enters NCAA transfer portal after one season with Mississippi State

Rocket Watts enters NCAA transfer portal after one season with Mississippi State

After just one season, Rocket Watts is leaving his second MSU basketball team, this time entering the NCAA transfer portal after one season with Mississippi State. Watts started his career with Michigan State before transferring in 2021.

Watts had his worst statistical season with Mississippi State, only averaging 4.4 points per game off the bench. Much of this can likely be attributed to some hip issues he has been dealing with, but either way, I wouldn’t be expecting him to come back to East Lansing via the portal.

An interesting option might be for him to reconnect with former MSU assistant and new Western Michigan head coach Dwayne Stephens.

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How Michigan State basketball transfers fared in the 2021-22 season

Find out how MSU’s outgoing transfers fared in the 2021-22 season

The transfer portal has become the new normal in NCAA athletics. The transfer portal, both incoming and outgoing, is something that fans of collegiate teams has come to expect every offseason. Michigan State is no different, and the school has had its fair share of outgoing transfers, and most notably incoming transfer point guard Tyson Walker.

As the regular season has come to a close for mid-major schools, and just a few days left for power conference schools, its a perfect time to look at how MSU’s outgoing transfers from a year ago fared in their 2021-22 season.

Take a look at how MSU’s transfers fared during their 2021-22 season:

Rocket Watts announces he is transferring to Mississippi State

The most intriguing Spartan transfer has finally announced where he is playing the rest of his collegiate career.

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The most intriguing Spartan transfer has finally announced where he is playing the rest of his collegiate career. The one thing that will stay the same for Watts is that the initials of his college will be MSU. Watts will be playing for Mississippi State as announced on his Instagram.

Watts averaged 7.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game over 28 games played last season. Watts will look to immediately assume a starting role whether it is at the one or two.

Michigan State will have incoming transfer Tyson Walker, and incoming freshman’s Jaden Akins, Max Christie and Pierre Brooks II. Perhaps look for the Spartans to look for one more player through the transfer portal to help fill the void left by multiple players.

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Report: Former MSU guard Rocket Watts heading to Mississippi State

It appears Rocket Watts is heading to Starkville to become a Mississippi State Bulldog.

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It appears Rocket Watts is heading to Starkville to become a Mississippi State Bulldog.

On Thursday, rumblings of Watts heading to Mississippi State came out based on 247Sports expert predictions, and today college basketball insider Jeff Goodman reported he’s hearing the same thing. Below is the exact tweet from Goodman that suggests Watts is going to be a Bulldog:

At this point, it seems like we are just waiting for Watts to make it official himself…

Watts has appeared in 55 career games in his two seasons at Michigan State. He averaged 8.4 points and 2.2 assists per game in his career.

Good luck to Watts if he is in fact heading to Mississippi State. Maybe the Spartans will get to play Watts and the other MSU sometime soon.

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Michigan State point guard Rocket Watts now predicted to transfer to Mississippi State by 247Sports

Michigan State point guard Rocket Watts is now predicted to transfer to Mississippi State by 247Sports.

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One of the most interesting stories in Michigan State sports this offseason might be coming to a close soon as Rocket Watts has picked up a Crystal Ball prediction from 247Sports. The site’s experts have projected Watts to now transfer to Mississippi State, which would be an MSU to MSU transfer for Watts.

While many fans still held out hope that Rocket would withdraw his name from the transfer portal and return to the Spartans, I think this is a good outcome for everyone. Watts gets to go to a team that now actually competes for the NCAA Tournament under Ben Howland, and he also leaves the Big Ten Conference so people like me can still feel good about rooting for Watts.

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Rocket Watts clarifies, reaffirms transfer and recruitment

There have been rumors going around recently that Rocket Watts has made up his mind about where he is going to play basketball next season.

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There have been rumors going around recently that Rocket Watts has made up his mind about where he is going to play college basketball next season. Watts went to Twitter Friday afternoon to clear up the whole situation around his transfer and recruitment.

He announced his recruitment is still open and the only people helping him with his decision are his dad and former coach.

Watts was heavily rumored to be going to Kentucky, but he dispelled those rumors this afternoon. Watts averaged 7.7 points per game and 2.7 assists per game last season with the Spartans.

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The Spartans still have two scholarship spots open, one that could go to Emoni Bates if he reclassifies and the other could potentially go to Watts if he wants to return.

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