East Lansing — It wasn’t that long ago that four freshmen stood on the court at the Breslin Center, posing for group photos with the world at their fingertips.
The highest-rated recruiting class in Tom Izzo’s tenure at Michigan State was surely going to win a national championship. The only question seemed to be if it would come right away and, if some of the guys stuck around, how many?
Miles Bridges and Joshua Langford — two five-star McDonald’s All-Americans — joined by four-stars Nick Ward and Cassius Winston, Michigan’s 2016 Mr. Basketball. It was quite the collection of talent.