Reed is the number one priority in the front-court in this cycle, it appears, and getting him on campus for his first official visit sends a major message to him.
Holloman is not a player I have viewed as a serious contender for Izzo and the staff simply because the team will already have three lead-guards on the roster in Tyson Walker, AJ Hoggard, and Jaden Akins (and no, I do not envision any of them leaving after this season), but the fact that Holloman does have a big wingspan for his position, is a natural and instinctive scorer, and doubles as a football recruit shows how dynamic the synergy is between the two programs and how seriously Izzo views Holloman as a player and person - this is a kid that Izzo would happily take and figure out how to play.
While these visits are undoubtedly individually tailored, it is easy to envision bringing the two players together for a bit of film work over the weekend and showing how they would be implemented together, and how their games fit with the likely returning players. Tre Holloman (6’3” guard from Minnesota) (OV) (also a football recruit) and Tarris Reed (6’10” center from Missouri) (OV) visited East Lansing the weekend of June 4-June 6.
Note: “OV” stands for “official visit” and “UV” stands for “unofficial visit.” So what’s new on the recruiting front? While I recently examined the current state of the Spartans’ men’s basketball depth-chart, and while I gave an update on recruiting a little over a month ago, a number of developments on the recruiting front and across the college basketball landscape, more generally, lead me to write another recruiting update that also provides some insight into the future team-building strategy that Tom Izzo and his staff appear to have settled on for at least the next couple of years.