It didn’t take long for Michigan State to jump into the driver’s seat for four-star Illinois Mr. Basketball Mark Smith. The Spartans offered the talented guard at the end of March, just about a week after first getting into contact with him.
The process has moved along quite fast and it looks like Michigan State is in fairly good shape heading into a visit this weekend. Tom Izzo has worked his recruiting magic, something he’s found over the past two years, and has gotten the Spartans into good position.
In fact, both Kentucky and Illinois have been putting the full-court press on the kid, but he hasn’t budged much.