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Michigan State Basketball: 5-star PF Vernon Carey Jr. plans official visit

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - JANUARY 4: Head coach Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans gives instructions to his players during the game against the Maryland Terrapins at Breslin Center on January 4, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - JANUARY 4: Head coach Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans gives instructions to his players during the game against the Maryland Terrapins at Breslin Center on January 4, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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Michigan State basketball will be getting an important visit from five-star power forward Vernon Carey Jr., the nation’s No. 1 recruit in 2019.

Although the news on the court over the past two weeks hasn’t been all that positive, Michigan State is looking to make a big-time splash off it. In fact, five-star power forward Vernon Carey Jr. is planning to take his first official visit to East Lansing in February.

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According to reports, the nation’s No. 1 overall recruit in the 2019 class will be in East Lansing for the weekend of the Purdue game on Feb. 10-11.

Tom Izzo has yet to land a 2019 commit just yet, but is after some of the top talent in the state of Michigan and Carey Jr., along with Indiana’s Keion Brooks, is the Spartans’ top out-of-state target.

Carey Jr. has listed the Spartans among the teams recruiting him the hardest for a while now and the fact that they’re getting his first official visit is a major positive. He could be a nice replacement for Miles Bridges in a couple of years and he’s the consensus No. 1 player in the entire country.

The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native is also being recruited hard by Duke, Miami, Kansas and North Carolina to go along with over a dozen other offers. The last contact, in person, he had with the Spartans was back on Dec. 20 when Dane Fife visited the five-star forward.

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Expect the Spartans to roll out the red carpet for the nation’s top junior and a win against the Big Ten’s top team, Purdue, will go a long way in landing Carey Jr.

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