When Cincinnati’s Moustapha Thiam hit the transfer portal, I remember saying how much I would love to see him in a Michigan State uniform, developing under Tom Izzo and Saddi Washington.
It would have been a match made in heaven, and any big man should see what happened with Carson Cooper at Michigan State and want to trust Izzo and Co. with their development. Unfortunately, money talks nowadays in the transfer portal, and Thiam quickly went from “top target” of Michigan State’s to scheduling a last-minute visit to Michigan.
The Spartans were one of about a dozen schools that were in contact with Thiam as recently as a week ago, but after a weekend trip to St. John’s, he scheduled a trip to Michigan which wasn’t even on his list of interested schools…