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Michigan State basketball is officially on Emoni Bates watch

Ypsi Prep forward Emoni Bates (21) smiles after a play against SPIRE Academy during the first half at Central Academy in Ann Arbor, Saturday, March 13, 2021.

With the 2020-21 college basketball season officially in the books and offseason mode in full-swing, that only means one thing: we are officially on roster movement watch.

More specifically: Emoni Bates watch.

After shocking everyone and committing to Michigan State on ESPN last summer, Bates joined the Spartans’ 2022 recruiting class. He was just a high school junior and needed to wait an entire year before actually joining Tom Izzo and Co.