Tag: LSU Basketball Recruiting

No. 1 women’s basketball recruit in 2025 class sets visit with LSU

The Tigers already have one five-star guard on board and are hoping to add another.

The LSU women’s basketball team has been acquiring talent in droves since Louisiana native [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] arrived as head coach three years ago, and it could be in line to land the best prospect in the 2025 class.

Five-star 5-foot-9 Monterey (Lubbock, Tex.) prospect [autotag]Aaliyah Chavez[/autotag], the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2025 class, will be in town for an unofficial visit on Wednesday, according to a report from On3’s Talia Goodman.

Chavez recently trimmed her list of contenders down to 10 schools, featuring South Carolina, LSU, Texas, USC, Ohio State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, UCLA, Tennessee and Arizona. LSU will hope this week’s trip helps it stand out from the pack.

The Tigers already hold a commitment from a five-star guard in [autotag]Bella Hines[/autotag], who committed in April. They’re hoping to add another elite prospect.

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LSU basketball lands JUCO big man transfer Noah Boyed

The Tigers added a promising 7-footer to the transfer class.

If there’s one thing [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] has proven at LSU, it’s that he can remake the men’s basketball roster in short order. He’s done so once again this offseason after the team took a step forward in Year 2 but still missed the NCAA tournament, and on Thursday, he added yet another piece.

JUCO center transfer [autotag]Noah Boyed[/autotag] committed to the Tigers over Oregon and Wisconsin, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. A native of St. Lucia, the McCook Community College 7-footer was originally committed to Baylor but reopened his recruitment last month.

Boyed ranks as the No. 4 JUCO prospect in the country, according to 247Sports. With McCook, he started 32 of 36 games he appeared in, averaging 11.2 points and 8.2 rebounds.

Boyed joins a recruiting class that features three top-100 prospects and ranks 15th nationally. The Tigers also brought in a trio of transfer guards this offseason in [autotag]Jordan Sears[/autotag], [autotag]Cam Carter[/autotag] and [autotag]Dji Bailey[/autotag].

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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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LSU women’s basketball lands commitment from 4-star 2025 guard Bella Hines

The Tigers landed their first commitment in the 2025 cycle on Tuesday.

Fresh off an Elite Eight loss to Iowa that ended LSU women’s basketball’s season, coach Kim Mulkey is already turning her attention to the future.

On Tuesday, the Tigers landed their first commitment in the 2025 cycle from Eldorado, New Mexico, guard Bella Hines. A four-star recruit and the top player in the state of New Mexico, Hines is the No. 31 player nationally in the 2025 class, per ESPN.

Hines was recently in Baton Rouge for a visit, where she was in attendance for the Tigers’ first two wins in the NCAA tournament at home against Rice and Middle Tennessee. Clearly, what she saw on the trip was enough to solidify her decision.

We’re still quite early in the 2025 cycle, but Hines provides a nice building block for the class as Mulkey will look to flesh it out in the coming months.

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LSU women’s basketball signee Jada Richard named Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year

Jada Richard succeeds LSU’s Mikaylah Williams, who won the award the last two seasons.

Coach [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] continues to acquire elite talent for the LSU women’s basketball team, and its top signee in the 2024 class has been named the Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year.

[autotag]Jada Richard[/autotag] received the honor after the Lafayette Christian Academy 5-foot-7 guard led the Knights to their fourth consecutive state title two weeks ago. As a senior this season, she averaged 26.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.7 steals.

Richard led the Knights to a 32-2 record and scored 18 points as they captured the state title. She was named the game’s MVP for the second time in her career, and she was the Class 4A Player of the Year this season.

Richard succeeds LSU guard [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag], the two-time reigning Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year. Richard currently ranks 97th nationally in the ESPNW Top 100 recruiting rankings.

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2025 four-star women’s basketball guard includes LSU in top 10

LSU has made the list for Isabella Hines, and it’s still looking for the first commitment in its 2025 class.

The No. 31 overall guard in the [autotag]2025 women’s basketball recruiting class[/autotag] has released a list of her top 10 schools that she will be considering going forward. LSU has made her list.

[autotag]Isabella Hines[/autotag] is a 5-foot-9, four-star guard from New Mexico where she plays for Eldorado High School. The Eldorado Golden Eagles finished the 2023-24 season 21-9 with a loss to Sandia in the second round of the 5A state playoffs.

Hines averaged 32.9 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, and 2.2 assists per game. [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers made her final list of 10 with Texas Tech, Iowa, NC State, Baylor, Kansas State, Arizona, West Virginia, Florida State and TCU.

LSU will host Hines on a visit soon and hopefully, that will go well. The Tigers do not have any commitments for the 2025 recruiting class yet and they only have one commitment for the 2024 recruiting class so far. Right now, LSU is focused on trying to repeat as national champions.

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LSU misses the cut for top women’s basketball prospect in 2024 class

The Tigers didn’t make the top three for Sarah Strong, the No. 1 player in the 2024 cycle.

LSU has been a routine contender for elite talent since coach [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] arrived in Baton Rouge two years ago, but it has missed the cut for the top women’s basketball prospect in the 2024 cycle.

ESPN reported Thursday that [autotag]Sarah Strong[/autotag], a forward from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, is down to three schools.

LSU was not among them. The No. 1 player in the nation per the ESPNW Top 100 is down to Duke, North Carolina and UConn.

The top three make a decent deal of geographic sense for the North Carolina native, and Mulkey’s squad will miss out on adding another elite player.

LSU has one commitment in the 2024 cycle from a top 100 prospect: Louisiana native [autotag]Jada Richard[/autotag].

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LSU women’s basketball coaches attend top 2025 prospect’s playoff game

The Tigers continue to push for elite recruits under Kim Mulkey.

Coach [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] has recruited at an elite level both in high school and in the transfer portal since taking the job at LSU, and the Tigers’ women’s basketball team is looking to add another premier recruit in the 2025 class.

They’ve been heavily recruiting [autotag]Aaliyah Chavez[/autotag], a Lubbock, Texas, prospect who ranks as the No. 1 player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class. Mulkey and assistant coach [autotag]Gary Redus[/autotag] made the trip to West Texas on Tuesday night during LSU’s bye week to watch Chavez’s Monterey High School team play in its first playoff game, according to On3’s Matthew Brune.

Chavez recently released a top 10 that includes Arizona, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA and USC.

According to Brune, Chavez is planning a trip to Baton Rouge following the conclusion of her high school season.

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LSU offers 2025 4-star point guard from Massachusetts

Rutgers is a 35% favorite to land Nigel James per On3.

[autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] and his recruiting staff took a trip to the northeast to extend a scholarship offer to one of the best point guards in the 2025 recruiting class.

[autotag]Nigel James[/autotag] is a 6-foot, 186-pound, four-star point guard from Ashburnham, Massachusetts where he plays for Long Island Lutheran High School. The Long Island Crusaders are currently 13-2 during the 2023-24 season. Their next game is scheduled for Saturday against Gonzaga High School.

There are currently no Crystal Ball projections at this time for James but the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are a 35% favorite to land him per On3. Maybe McMahon can get him to change his mind.