Up until the end of June, there were some rumblings among the Michigan State men’s basketball fan base with plenty of people wondering if their beloved coach Tom Izzo was losing a step.
A somewhat underwhelming 2022 recruiting class, at least by national ranking standards (No. 56 in the country, according to 247Sports), and a notorious inactivity in the newly aligned transfer portal raised concerns and even angered some souls who just expect more from a premier program in college basketball. Like, for example, grabbing one of most sought after high school talents in the class of 2023 named Xavier Booker, which is exactly what Izzo did on July 30.