Mar 7, 2021; East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo celebrates after defeating the Michigan Wolverines at Jack Breslin Student Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
Not often do we see Tom Izzo laboring to get that first commitment of a class in the middle of the summer. Last year at this time, Michigan State basketball was in the middle of a scorching hot stretch of landing commitments from Emoni Bates, Enoch Boakye, Max Christie, Pierre Brooks, and Jaden Akins.
Michigan State had one of its best stretches of recruiting in the Izzo era and it seemed like he was only going to build on that momentum but it hasn’t quite happened yet.