Ypsi Prep forward Emoni Bates (21) celebrates a play against SPIRE Academy during the second half at Central Academy in Ann Arbor, Saturday, March 13, 2021.
No. 1 overall recruit in 2022, Emoni Bates decommitted from Michigan State on Friday, and here are some reactions, including from Michigan basketball’s Hunter Dickinson.
It has long been expected that Emoni Bates, the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2022 class wouldn’t play college basketball, despite being committed to Michigan State.
Just about everyone expected him to eventually go pro. He was offered by a bunch of programs, including Michigan basketball, but Tom Izzo won the recruitment, which felt like a big deal, even if Bates never stepped foot on campus,
On Friday, we finally got word that Bates won’t play for Izzo in East Lansing as he officially decommitted from the Spartans and re-opened his recruitment.