Michigan State basketball makes the cut for top-60 SF

Michigan State basketball made the top three for one of the top small forwards in the 2025 class on Monday.

Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball are in the middle of the offseason, but they haven’t stopped working.

In fact, the Hall of Fame head coach has been hard at work on the recruiting trail while his team has been participating in the annual Moneyball Pro-Am. His players have been getting better and showing off for fans while he’s been making sure he gets going on his 2025 class.

Izzo has locked in a number of official visits, including ones from guys like Trey McKenney, Trent Sisley, and Jalen Haralson, while also making the top schools lists for other top targets, including Jordan Scott.

On Monday, Scott posted his top three schools and Michigan State made the cut.

NEWS: 2025 four-star SF Jordan Scott (@jordanscott267) is down to three schools, he tells @On3Recruits.

The 6-5 rising senior has scheduled two official visits and discusses each of his finalists and timeframe for a decision: https://t.co/7dec1xKNOo pic.twitter.com/BkxuVsn5Ym

— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) July 8, 2024

Virginia Tech and Maryland also made the cut for the four-star small forward from Reston, Va., and he has an official visit planned to Michigan State on Sept. 8. He doesn’t have officials set up to either Maryland or Virginia Tech yet, but I’d expect those to be scheduled soon. Scott did have official visits set up to Florida State and Washington in the fall but it seems like those won’t happen after all.

Scott is ranked the No. 51 overall recruit in the 2025 class, according to 247Sports. He’s also the ninth-best small forward in the class.

Michigan State has been in heavy pursuit of the Virginia-based forward for a while now and it’s good to see that Izzo’s hard work is paying off. He’s now in a winnable top three for a 6-foot-7, 185-pound small forward who held some really strong offers. It feels like these are the type of recruitments that Izzo wins if he really wants a kid.

The Spartans will get a chance to seal the deal on Sept. 8.