Michigan State has struggled this season. People expected the Spartans to be a top-15 team this year, but injuries and a lack of production from the team’s upperclassmen have held them back. However, no one should be worried about the long-term future of the Spartan basketball program.
Tom Izzo’s team is hurting this year due to a lot of recruiting misses in the 2013 and 2014 recruiting classes. Those are now coming back to bite him and this year’s team. Luckily for him, Since that disappointing 2014 recruiting class, Izzo has done a great job of recruiting.
The 2015 class hasn’t been anywhere near as good as the 2016 class has been thus far, but it did produce Deyonta Davis (who went pro after one year), Matt McQuaid and Kyle Ahrens.