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Another day, another scholarship offer from Tom Izzo to one of the top high school basketball players in the country.
Sunday afternoon, it was announced on social media that Michigan State extended an offer to one of the nation’s top point guards, Antonio Pemberton.
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Izzo has continued extending offers to some of the best players in the country as he builds Michigan State’s future. After finishing the 2026 recruiting class inside the top 10 with two of the top 40 players in the ESPN SportsCenter Next Top 100 rankings — Jasiah Jervis and Ethan Taylor — Izzo continues to prove that, while many programs have shifted toward building through the transfer portal, he has no plans of abandoning his philosophy. Instead, he remains committed to developing elite high school talent into future Spartans.
Pemberton is a 6-foot-1, 165-pound point guard from The Master’s Academy International in Hanover, Massachusetts. He is currently ranked as the No. 35 overall recruit in the 2027 class.
According to 247Sports, Pemberton is rated as the No. 9 point guard in the 2027 class and the No. 1 overall prospect in the state of Massachusetts with a rating of 93.
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Meanwhile, the 247Sports Composite rankings, which combine the industry’s top recruiting services, give Pemberton a composite score of 0.9847. That ranks him as the No. 39 overall recruit nationally, the No. 11 point guard in the class, and once again the top-ranked player in Massachusetts.
Michigan State joins a lengthy list of schools that have already offered Pemberton, including Utah, Marquette, Auburn, Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Maryland, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Rutgers, Tennessee, Albany, Bryant, Georgetown, and Xavier.
However, among those programs, the Spartans possess one of the richest traditions in college basketball. Michigan State’s history, combined with Tom Izzo’s reputation for developing guards, gives the Spartans plenty of appeal, especially with the program…
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Publish date : 2026-07-12 21:58:00
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