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(This post goes out to my boy Rory, a faithful reader of the blog... what's good)

It is August 10th, 2010 but that hasn't stopped Coach Izzo from already having 4 members for the 2011 class as well as 2 members for the 2012 class already committed to be a Spartan. Branden Dawson from Gary, In was the main recruit, he is the 4th ranked SF in the ESPNU100, but everyone that Coach Izzo signed will have a role on the team, and play a part in MSU's run to continue their dominance in the Big Ten and making final fours. Travis Trice a 6 foot pg from Ohio is the one player that may look out of place, but he played with Dawson in AAU which tells me that Coach Izzo saw something in him in the 20 some games he watched him play, and thought he was the true pg that he needed to add in the 2011 class. From watching film he seems to have great range, and should be a great knock down shooter for MSU. The two other players from MSU's 2011 class are both from Michigan, the super smooth Brandan Kearney, from Detroit Southeastern, who is also in the ESPNU100, and then super athletic Dwaun Anderson from Suttons Bay. Dwaun is a great athlete who has improve his jump shot. He loves to go left, but is working on going right. Kearney is a player that the game seems to come easy for him, you watch him play and don't really think he is working all that hard and doing all that much, but when you look at the box score at the end of the game he has 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. He is that good, and I think he will be a great wing player at MSU for years to come. In 2012 Coach Izzo has already added Kenny Kaminski from Ohio, a 6'7 3/4 man who can flat out score. If MSU adds another big I think Kenny can play the 3 for them, if they don't, I think they will add some weight to him, he's 215 now so he isn't too small, and make him a great step out 4 man. Think Draymound Green, but with a much better shot, and a better athlete but not as good of a passer and leader. The other member of the class is the newest member, 6'5 wing Denzel Valentine, from Lansing Sexton. A lot of people have him as the number one ranked player in the class of 2012 in Michigan, I personally have Matt Costello, more on him in a minute, but Denzel can play, and I would not be surprised at all if he plays himself in to a top 100 player in a few years, he probably already is. Matt Costello the 6'9 big from Bay City Western has a MSU offer to go with Michigan, USC, Indiana, and Providence, just to name a few, and I believe he may end his recruitment early and verbal to MSU as well. That would be a big blow for Michigan who has already lost Valentine to MSU, and doesn't want to lose another guy that they were on before MSU was. There is no question though that MSU is rolling right now, two final fours in a row and this year they should be better, they have a great 2010 class coming in, and from the looks of it, they are not going to slow down anytime soon. Coach Izzo is so smart with who he goes after, he takes those second level guys, lots of talent, but not one and done players, so they have a little chip on their shoulders, and Coach Izzo gets them to buy in to his system, since his success speaks for its self. He is not a smart person to bet against, if you like keeping your money. I'm right, you're wrong.