East Lansing — As Michigan State prepares to embark on arguably its most difficult nonconference schedule under coach Tom Izzo, beginning with Friday’s game against No. 2 Gonzaga in the Armed Forces Classic, the Spartans were busy securing their future on Wednesday.
That’s because Izzo, the Hall of Fame coach now in his 28th season, signed one of the best recruiting classes of his career, as Michigan State landed the third-ranked class in the nation, according to 247Sports, behind top-ranked Duke and second-ranked Kentucky.
The Michigan State class is led by 6-foot-10 Xavier Booker, the Indianapolis native ranked the No.