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LSU basketball’s 2024 recruiting class finishes in the top 10

Matt McMahon continues to bring a lot of talent to Baton Rouge.

It’s been a slower rebuild through two seasons of the [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] era than many expected, but as we enter the 2024-25 season, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

McMahon has acquired quite a bit of talent, especially through the transfer portal, but he hasn’t neglected high school recruiting either. LSU’s four-man class in 2024 features three top-100 prospects, and that was good enough to finish as a top-10 group in ESPN’s rankings.

The headliners are power forward [autotag]Robert Miller[/autotag] (No. 72), point guard [autotag]Curtis Givens III[/autotag] (No. 75) and shooting guard [autotag]Vyctorius Miller[/autotag] (No. 76). The Tigers also added [autotag]Noah Boyed[/autotag], a power forward who ranks as the No. 4 JUCO transfer in the country.

After finishing with a losing record in Year 1, LSU was above .500 last season and earned an NIT bid. With a top-10 class coming in, the Tigers will be expected to take another leap this winter.

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4-star guard Vyctorius Miller signs with LSU men’s basketball

The Tigers made things official with their third and final 2024 commit on Thursday.

The LSU men’s basketball team and coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] signed their third high school commit of the 2024 cycle on Thursday.

Four-star Los Angeles guard [autotag]Vyctorius Miller[/autotag] made things official, signing a national letter of intent with the Tigers. He was the third and final high school commit in the 2024 class to sign with LSU, joining forward [autotag]Robert Miller[/autotag] and guard [autotag]Curtis Givens III[/autotag].

All three players rank in the top 100 nationally.

Miller is the highest-rated of the group. He ranks 56th nationally, per the 247Sports Composite, and he ranks as the No. 10 shooting guard in the 2024 cycle. Miller began his high school career in Chandler, Arizona, before moving to Southern California.

LSU’s recruiting class currently ranks 13th overall, per 247Sports, and it ranks 16th nationally when you include the three transfer additions so far.

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4-star guard Vyctorius Miller commits to LSU men’s basketball

LSU has added its third commitment in the 2025 cycle.

The LSU men’s basketball team took some significant strides in Year 2 under coach Matt McMahon, but it will be expected to take another step next season.

The Tigers are off to a good start in terms of roster construction for 2024-25, and they landed another four-star commitment in the 2024 class in Vyctorius Miller.

The four-star shooting guard hails from Compass Prep in Chandler, Arizona, and ranks as the No. 53 player nationally according to both 247Sports’ and On3’s national rankings. LSU had a Crystal Ball projection to land Miller, but On3 had Oregon as the favorite for the blue-chip prospect, who is listed at 6-foot-5 and 170 pounds.

With Miller’s addition, LSU’s class now ranks 29th nationally and features three four-star recruits as forward [autotag]Robert Miller[/autotag] and point guard [autotag]Curtis Givens III[/autotag] have already signed.

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Pair of LSU men’s basketball commits sign National Letters of Intent

The college basketball early signing period began Wednesday, and the Tigers quickly locked up both 2024 commits.

The college basketball early signing period began on Wednesday, and LSU inked National Letters of Intent from both of their current 2024 commits, [autotag]Robert Miller III[/autotag] and [autotag]Curtis Givens III[/autotag].

Miller, a Pasadena, Texas, native, and Givens — who hails from powerhouse Montverde Academy in Florida — ranks as the No. 60 and 61 players in the 2024 class, respectively, per the 247Sports Composite.

Coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] has looked more toward the transfer portal for roster building than high school recruiting. He signed just two high school players in the 2023 class, and Miller and Givens are the only players currently pledged for 2024.

However, LSU remains in the mix for several other players as it looks to improve on a class that currently ranks 28th in the nation.

 

The early signing period will last for one week, closing next Wednesday. Players will have the opportunity to sign again during the regular period, which begins April 17 and ends May 15.

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LSU makes the final four for 2024 top 25 shooting guard Billy Richmond

The Tigers have already pulled off one major surprise this cycle, and they’ll look for another as Kentucky is the heavy favorite for Billy Richmond.

LSU’s men’s basketball team already has two commitments in the 2024 recruiting class, both of which rank in the top 100.

The Tigers currently have a top-20 class, but that ranking could rise even more if [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] can land some of the top players he has the team in the mix for, namely four-star shooting guard [autotag]Billy Richmond[/autotag].

Richmond ranks as a top-25 overall prospect in the country, and the Camden, New Jersey, prospect trimmed his list of schools down to four on Wednesday, per On3’s Joe Tipton: LSU, Kentucky, Alabama and Memphis.

There are currently no Crystal Ball projections for Richmond, but Kentucky is the heavy favorite per On3 at 87.4% to land him. LSU has the lowest odds of the finalists at just 2.6%.

McMahon has already pulled off one major surprise in this cycle, stealing [autotag]Curtis Givens III[/autotag] from Memphis, and he’ll look to pull off another heist with a player conference rival Kentucky and John Calipari covet.

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NEW: LSU basketball lands 2024 4-star PG Curtis Givens

Matt McMahon and LSU shocked the college basketball world as they picked up their second commit of the 2024 recruiting class in Curtis Givens III.

[autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers shocked the college basketball world as LSU picked up their second commit of the 2024 recruiting class in [autotag]Curtis Givens III[/autotag].

Givens is a 6-foot-3, 180-pound, four-star point guard from Memphis, Tennessee, who is ranked as the No. 4 point guard in the nation by On3. Going into his commitment today, Givens had received four Crystal Ball projections to Memphis and the Memphis Tigers a 93% favorite to land him per On3.

It would make sense for a kid from Memphis to want to stay home and play for Penny Hardaway and the Tigers, but Matt McMahon swooped in and swept him off of his feet. Givens became the second commit of the 2024 recruiting class for the LSU Tigers. The class now ranks as the No. 17 class in the country with two four-star players.

The job on the recruiting trail is not finished though as McMahon looks to land more talented players in the 2024 class.

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