MSU Basketball has already landed the commitment of the top 2022 high school prospect in Emoni Bates. The top 2021 prospect is 5-star center Chet Holmgren, a player who the Spartans have not been connected with, until today.
Holmgren, who is from Minnesota, is the No. 1 player in the country for 2021 and is currently being heavily recruited by Gonzaga, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio State, with Gonzaga currently getting the nod in the 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions.
However, on Friday, a seemingly innocuous Tweet led Michigan State fans to start wildly speculating on a possible addition of Holmgren to the Spartans.
Michigan State Football recruiting target Trevon Howard tweeted ‘Go Green’ following MSU’s upset over Ohio State in basketball on Thursday, to which Holmgren replied with a set of eye emojis that made MSU fans go crazy:
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— chet holmgren (@ChetHolmgren) February 26, 2021
Go to the next page to see the reactions from Michigan State fans.
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Soon Chet, soon. pic.twitter.com/hjKHqziQ5t
— Brett/Playbrett Carti (@OdellBretthamJr) February 26, 2021
— Brett/Playbrett Carti (@OdellBretthamJr) February 26, 2021
Shock the world pic.twitter.com/5bb8mskvdn
— gianni🅙 🦁 (@PlayoffDre) February 26, 2021
Shock the world, and GO GREEN! pic.twitter.com/MOIWOdspny
— Kyle Dollarhite (@McKinley2310) February 26, 2021
Play with Emoni for 1 year
— yeah (@spartandawg23) February 26, 2021
You know the move! Come get this natty! pic.twitter.com/I1rlOsglWL
— Andrew Regnier (@AndrewRegnier1) February 26, 2021
👀
— Jason🏁 (@quietstorm322) February 26, 2021
https://t.co/0W3XwBfriG pic.twitter.com/OCbjaIO8Wr
— The PGA season can’t hurt me (@Sheehan_Sports) February 27, 2021