Big Ten Basketball: Analyzing each program's 2020 recruiting classes

Big Ten Basketball: Analyzing each program’s 2020 recruiting classes

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - MARCH 08: Members of the Maryland Terrapins celebrate with the trophy after defeating the Michigan Wolverines 83-70 to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular season title at Xfinity Center on March 08, 2020 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /

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COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND – FEBRUARY 29: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty /

Michigan State Spartans: No. 7 Big Ten, No. 49 Nation

AJ Hoggard 6’3 / 185 SG:

Ranked 70 on the final Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) in May 2020, the four-star Pennysylvania native has what it takes to compete in the Big Ten. His greatest attribute is the movement he has on both ends of the basketball court. Defensively he rotates and clogs up the passing lanes, while on offense he gets his buckets by slashing to the basket looking for the pass.

A typical Tom Izzo player, not ranked among the elite players coming out of high school and will stay three or four years while growing with the program. Hoggard was not the primary ball-handler during his senior year at Huntington St.Joseph Prep, but the half-court offense was initiated through him.

Mady Sissoko 6’9 / 230 C:

As captain of Wasatch Academy the four-star center averaged 12.2 ppg and 6.7 rpg, numbers that are in no way indicative of how effective he actually is. At number 34, Sissoko is the second-highest ranked Big Ten recruit according to the RSCI which adds up to him being ready to start for the Spartans. On the defensive end, he is long and athletic who, if not blocking, changes shots and prevents penetration into the paint. If he is not scoring with a little turn around one-handed shot in the key, he is dunking anything and everything. Sissoko is going to add a fun dynamic to the Spartans in 2020-21.

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