{"id":14649,"date":"2024-02-20T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=14649"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:21:19","slug":"michigan-state-basketball-heavily-pursuing-top-30-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=14649","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State basketball heavily pursuing top-30 prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michigan State basketball is in heavy pursuit of one of the top-30 prospects in the 2025 recruiting class, Niko Bundalo.<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-basketball-bold-predictions-iowa\/\">Michigan State basketball<\/a> staff has been hard at work recruiting the 2025 class now that the 2024 class is all but complete. There may be <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-basketball-makes-top-3-for-5-star-sf-bryson-tucker\/\">one big fish still left in the 2024 class<\/a>, but the Spartans&#8217; staff has all but turned their attention to the junior class now.<\/p>\n<p>That is no different here as MSU is hard after another talented recruit in the 2024 class.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MichiganState?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MichiganState<\/a> assistant Doug Wojcik visited 2025 forward Niko Bundalo last week, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinThind?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinThind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-11 Ohio hooper is a major target for the Spartans. Top-30 player.<\/p>\n<p>In his last 5 games (per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dreamersmbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dreamersmbb<\/a>): <br \/>&#8211; 24.4 PPG (60% 2PT, 43.5% 3PT, 82 % FT)<br \/>&#8211; 8.6 RPG<br \/>&#8211; 1.4 SPG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cY6XSl8J1Y\">pic.twitter.com\/cY6XSl8J1Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpartanTailgate.com (@SpartanTailgate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpartanTailgate\/status\/1759611746837262785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Four-star forward Niko Bundalo<\/h3>\n<p>According to Justin Thind of 247Sports, Michigan State assistant Doug Wojcik visited four-star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/niko-bundalo-46141225\/\">Niko Bundalo<\/a> last week. Bundalo, who is from Hudson, Ohio, is one of the top prospects in the entire country. He is the No. 27 player in the class according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. He also is the No. 7 power forward and the top recruit from Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Bundalo is 6-foot-11 and 195 pounds, so he does have some work to do to add muscle and weight before he gets to college. But he definitely has the frame to be able to do so. He is an elite scorer who is able to finish at all levels on the offensive end. During his last five games, he is averaging an impressive 24.4 points per game. He also has been extremely efficient, shooting 60 percent from 2-point range and 43.5% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Bundalo isn\u2019t just an offensive player as he has been dominant on defense as well. He is averaging 1.4 steals per game in his last five games as well as 8.6 rebounds per game. It\u2019s no wonder he is ranked so high considering the production he is having on both sides of the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State does not have a commit yet in the 2025 class, but that could change soon. None of MSU\u2019s targets have indicated they are committing any time soon, but now is a common time for recruits to do so with their high school seasons coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Niko undoubtedly would be a great addition for MSU, so hopefully Izzo is able to get him on campus so he can ramp up his recruitment even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Land this kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[190,189,504,720],"class_list":["post-14649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bb-recruiting","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news","tag-niko-bundalo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}