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Michigan State basketball fighting blue bloods for 5-star Vernon Carey Jr.

Let the fun begin. Michigan State has made an exclusive list for the nation’s No. 2 recruit in the class of 2019. The Spartans were listed along with three college basketball blue bloods and one up-and-coming program in the ‘final five’ for five-star power forward Vernon Carey Jr.

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The five-star target who has been on everyone’s radar listed his top five programs on Wednesday night, and there weren’t many surprises.

Michigan State’s biggest competition has to be Duke, but Kentucky has been surging of late, Miami is the local favorite and North Carolina is usually in on big-time prospects.