06/29: Emoni Bates—WAY ahead of schedule—announces his intention to play for Michigan State. And we think he will.
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🗓️ 29 June 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
For the second straight Monday, a No. 1-rated basketball recruit has proven skeptics wrong and announced a commitment to playing college basketball over more lucrative alternatives. On Monday, Emoni Bates made his choice to play for Michigan State, if and when he's eligible to do so. Bates is in the class of 2022 and has made no clear intention of reclassifying to 2021. Bates, 16, regarded as one of the two or three best prospects this century. Will he wind up playing for Tom Izzo? Norlander and Parrish both say yes and present the evidence and indications as to why. The second half of the pod is dedicated to the Big East and UConn (28:00), a reunion which will become official on Wednesday. With UConn going to the Big East, the guys power-rank every program, 1 through 11, and project the hierarchy of the league over the next five seasons.
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| 0:35.2 | Hey there, it's Gary Parrish. It's Monday, June 29, 2020. Welcome back to the CBS Sports Ion, |
| 0:40.8 | College basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss, |
| 0:44.5 | camera fighting and leaky black Mad Norlander is here with me in big breaking news |
| 0:48.8 | earlier this afternoon. And Monty Bates, the number one prospect in the class of 2022, |
| 0:54.0 | arguably the best high school prospect regardless of age, not to mention the best high school |
| 0:58.4 | prospect since LeBron James. He has committed to Michigan State University, just a random story for |
| 1:04.0 | a random Monday afternoon for those unfamiliar. He's a 69 wing from Michigan, often compared to |
| 1:10.5 | our King and Savior LeBron James, but he actually plays more like Kevin Durant, incredible |
| 1:15.2 | shot creator, incredible shot maker. He is incredibly hyped, but I'm not sure. I'm being honest, |
| 1:21.8 | if he's over hyped each time I've seen him, he's very much looked apart. He's the reigning |
| 1:26.8 | Gatorade national player of the year. And now if he goes to college, he says he will play for |
| 1:32.9 | Michigan State, Norlander. How big of a development is this? But time is those programs. |
| 1:38.1 | Very significant development. I'll start with that right away. I don't know if a Monty Bates will |
| 1:43.0 | or will not play at Michigan State. I spoke on CBS Sports HQ on Monday, just as you did, I was |
| 1:47.6 | asked to kind of assign a percentage or a likelihood. I'm going to say right now June 29, 2020, |
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