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2023 five-star big man Xavier Booker commits to Michigan State men’s basketball

THE THOUGHTS OF TOM IZZO’S DEATH ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED.

THE HALL OF FAME COACH REELED IN A MASSIVE ONE…FIVE-STAR, 6-FOOT-10 FORWARD XAVIER BOOKER HAS COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN STATE.

/rips shot of Fireball

/takes deep exhale

/turns “all caps” off (before my editor yells at me)

This one is huge. I don’t have to tell you that, but since it’s so much fun, we will tell you why anyway. Booker — who comes out of Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, and helped lead the Fighting Irish to a 2021-2022 Indiana state champion — is the biggest commit Izzo has brought in since Jaren Jackson Jr.