The Michigan State Spartans fell short of an Elite Eight appearance in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. However, it looks like their chances of making a deep run next year have improved.
Tyson Walker played a huge role in Michigan State’s success this past season. He led the team with 14.8 points per game while shooting 41.5 percent from beyond the arc.
Walker hadn’t revealed his choice of whether he’d enter the 2023 NBA Draft or spend his final year of eligibility at Michigan State. He answered that question with a social media post on Monday.
The senior guard revealed that he will return to Michigan State in 2023 and forgo the upcoming NBA Draft.
ONE MORE💚🤍 pic.twitter.com/ubSHgn4FOP
— Twalk (@TysonWalker13) April 10, 2023
The video showed a number of impressive highlights during his time with the Spartans. It concluded with the words “One more year”.
Many around the college basketball world took notice of this announcement. The consensus appears to be that the Spartans could be a dangerous team next season with Walker officially returning.
The past few years, these coaches have retired:
• Roy Williams
• Mike Krzyzewski
• Jay Wright
• Jim BoeheimYet, 68-yr old Tom Izzo remains:
• 25 straight NCAA Tourn (most ever by a coach)
• No. 3 recruit class for 2023
• Tyson Walker returnsIzzo isn’t slowing down. pic.twitter.com/g8fFDjPWls
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) April 10, 2023
TYSON WALKER ONE MORE YEAR pic.twitter.com/yGZ39UOtWc
— Barstool Spartans (@BarstoolMSU) April 10, 2023
Tyson Walker is BACK 😤
The Michigan State scoring leader announced he's returning for another season with the Spartans 👏 pic.twitter.com/70pDRbRsZA
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) April 10, 2023
Breaking: #MichiganState G Tyson Walker will return for his fifth year, he announced.
MSU retaining such a key scorer (while returning most of its core & adding the nation’s #3 recruiting class) should make the Spartans a strong contender next year.
Should be fun times ahead.
— Justin Thind (@JustinThind) April 10, 2023
Michigan State guard Tyson Walker announces he's returning to the Spartans for his extra year of eligibility. Huge news for a team that I had as a borderline top-five team entering the offseason — without Walker. Averaged 14.8 points and shot 41.5% from 3.
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 10, 2023
Tyson Walker just announced his return to Michigan State, which means the Spartans backcourt corps is locked in for a return to East Lansing. Tom Izzo absolutely has a top-10 caliber team entering next season. The impact of Walker’s return cannot be overstated for Sparty.
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) April 10, 2023
While the program is set to have veteran leader Joey Hauser leave after graduating this year, they will be bringing in an extremely talented recruiting class this offseason. Of the four players that the Spartans had committed in the 2023 recruiting class, three of them are ranked inside ESPN’s top 50 recruits.
With this announcement from Walker and the excellent coaching from legendary coach Tom Izzo, Michigan State should certainly be among the top teams in college basketball next season.
