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Michigan State just offered a basketball scholarship to Mateen Cleaves Jr.
That news, broken by Rivals on Tuesday, is a big deal. Cleaves is regarded as a top-end guard recruit in the Class of 2028.
Just entering his sophomore season of high school, Cleaves will get a heck of a lot more offers. But will any match his father’s school?
Mateen Cleaves Sr. is a Spartans legend.
He helped lead Michigan State to the 2000 national title.
Cleaves Sr. was also a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year before going on to a professional career.
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His son is listed at 6-foot-3, 180 pounds.
Cleaves Jr. plays his high school ball at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Prep in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
He is also reported right now to have been offered by Rutgers.
Cleaves Sr. was coached by Tom Izzo, who is still roaming the sidelines at Michigan State in the midst of a Hall of Fame career.
Izzo is 70, and will turn 71 in January.
It’ll be interesting to see if he can stick around through Cleaves Jr., who wouldn’t play his first college basketball season until three years from now.
It’d be a fitting way for Izzo to wrap things up, especially if another Cleaves could lead the way toward another title.
Izzo just coached Jase Richardson, the son of Jason Richardson, another father-son duo that both played for the Spartans.
It could be the Cleaves family up next.
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