Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball are entering a big month of recruiting. The Spartans are hosting a handful of targets this upcoming weekend for its annual Grind Week event, and almost every weekend after will feature visits from top targets.
Among those 2026 targets are guys like Tristan Reed, Jalyn Collingwood, Quinn Costello, and Ethan Taylor, among others.
Other top 2026 targets are narrowing their lists, and they've been revealed over the past few weeks. On Tuesday, Michigan State made the top schools lists of two top targets in the class, Maximo Adams and Maxime Meyer.
Adams is your typical Izzo target -- a top-50 forward who has interest from several elite programs. While Meyer isn't exactly a normal Izzo target, standing 7-foot-1 from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., and he's just a three-star, ranked No. 245 nationally.
That ranking, however, may not stay that low for long, according to 247Sports National Basketball Director Eric Bossi who hinted at a bump in the near future.
Don't think we will be calling him a three-star much longer.... https://t.co/V4hp47Qeay
— Eric Bossi (@ebosshoops) September 2, 2025
Meyer is down to six schools: Michigan State, Ohio State, Stanford, St. Mary's, Vanderbilt, and SMU. This is a more-than-winnable top six for Izzo and the Spartans, but they'll need to schedule a visit and make a push before he blows up in the rankings.
I'm no recruiting expert, but if the national basketball director is saying that he won't be a three-star for much longer, I'm willing to bet he's due for a meteoric rise in the near future.
Get to know the name Maxime Meyer, because it feels like he could be part of Michigan State's 2026 class, and it'll be the latest diamond in the rough for Izzo, joining Carlos Medlock Jr.