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Michigan State Basketball: Miles Bridges officially returning for sophomore year

By Connor Muldowney

Feb 23, 2017; East Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo jokes with Michigan State Spartans guard Miles Bridges (22) during the second half of a game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 23, 2017; East Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo jokes with Michigan State Spartans guard Miles Bridges (22) during the second half of a game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports /
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Michigan State basketball received some good news on Thursday night as Miles Bridges officially announced his return.

The good news surrounding Michigan State basketball keeps on coming as the Spartans finally received word on Miles Bridges Thursday night. After rumors circulated about him coming back for his sophomore year, Bridges officially announced his return.

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Earlier in the day, he tweeted out that everyone should meet him at the Spartan Statue at around 6 p.m. for an announcement. Those keeping up with the latest updates regarding his decision knew that this would be the announcement. Would he be coming back, though?

It turns out that all the speculation regarding his return was true. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!‘s The Vertical dropped a major “Woj Bomb” on Wednesday when he revealed that Bridges was “leaning heavily” toward returning to Michigan State.

Now, the Spartans will be able to move forward with offseason plans, including planning out a roster with two spots available, assuming Ben Carter doesn’t return. That means that Tom Izzo can figure out which two recruits, and/or grad transfers, he wants to target in the offseason.

Since Bridges is back, that likely means that Brian Bowen will be headed elsewhere. The two are almost certainly not going to play together. Brandon McCoy, on the other hand, could be attracted to MSU even more.

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The Spartans will be a legitimate top-five team in the country to start the 2017-18 season and Bridges just became a Michigan State legend. Remember, Magic Johnson did the same thing in 1978-79.

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