Tag: LSU Basketball Recruiting

2025 power forward set to visit LSU

The Tigers are already reaching out to a sophomore prospect in Parker Jefferson.

[autotag]Parker Jefferson[/autotag] is a 2025 6-foot-10, 230-pound power forward from Waxahachie, Texas, where he plays for Waxahachie High School. He currently holds offers from LSU, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, and SMU.

Jefferson’s signing date is a long way out, but he’s already taking some visits and will be in Baton Rouge in September.

“I’ll visit (LSU) on Sept. 17,” Jefferson told On3. “I don’t know too much about LSU, but they look like they got a good environment over there. My parents are from Arkansas, so they are kind of their rivals. I want to go down to Baton Rouge and explore what they got.”

[autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] was named the head coach of the Tigers last offseason and he has since totally rebuilt the LSU roster heading into the 2022 season and has one commit for the 2023 class.

Jefferson is just a sophomore in high school so it will be a couple of years before he receives an official ranking but that hasn’t stopped a lot of coaches from reaching out to the big man.

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LSU makes the final three for four-star point guard Jizzle James

James is the son of former NFL star Edgerrin James.

[autotag]Jizzle James[/autotag] is a 6-foot-1, 180-pound point guard in the class of 2023. The four-star prospect and son of former NFL star Edgerrin James recently announced the final three schools he is considering committing to, and the Tigers made the list.

They join the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Georgia Bulldogs.

Coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] has come into Baton Rouge firing on all cylinders as he has totally rebuilt the entire team for this season and he is now working on building the best class possible for next year. He recently got his first commitment for the 2023 class in four-star power forward Corey Chest from Branson, Missouri.

James plays for Olympia High School in Orlando. He averaged 25 points per game and five rebounds per game in 28 games played. The Titans finished last season 21-8 with a loss in the regional semifinals of the Florida 7A tournament.

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LSU to host top-75 2023 basketball recruit next month

Kaden Cooper will be on campus from Sept. 8-10. He also has visits set for Alabama and Kansas in September.

LSU basketball coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] is looking to build on his 2023 recruiting class after landing his first commitment earlier this month in four-star Louisiana prospect [autotag]Corey Chest[/autotag].

He and the Tigers in the mix for another top 2023 recruit in [autotag]Kaden Cooper[/autotag], a small forward from Ada, Oklahoma, who plays for The Skills Factory. Cooper is the No. 57 overall player in the country, per the 247Sports Composite, and he will be taking an official visit to LSU this fall from Sept. 8-10. He will also take trips to Kansas (Sept. 1-3) and Alabama (Sept. 22-24).

The news was initially reported on Twitter by 24/7 High School Hoops.

Cooper picked up an offer from LSU in April, and in July, he released a top 10 that also includes Gonzaga, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Memphis, and Georgia Tech. Cooper has already taken official visits this summer to Spokane to see the Zags and to Norman to meet with the Sooners.

“The LSU coaches and I have a really great bond and I’ve had a great time understanding how they see me and what they expect from me, which is to come in and kill,” he told On3. “Talking about their visit is an exciting thing.”

LSU is not without competition for the blue-chip prospect, and it will have to beat out some geographically closer schools like the Oklahoma teams, Kansas and Texas, but it seems to be squarely in the mix here. If McMahon can hit on just one or two more of his top targets, this could be a special class for the Tigers in spite of the slow start.

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Tigers make the final seven for four-star shooting guard

The Tigers are in the mix for one of the top players this cycle.

[autotag]Davin Cosby[/autotag], a top-100 recruit in the 2023 recruiting class, recently dropped a list of the final seven schools he is considering committing to, and LSU made the cut.

Cosby is a 6-foot-5, 190-pound shooting guard and four-star recruit from Richmond, Virginia, where he plays for Word of God Christian Academy.

The Tigers join Alabama, Auburn, NC State, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wake Forest in the hunt for the talented shooting guard. Cosby is ranked as a four-star shooting guard by On3, which lists as the No. 90 overall player in the 2023 recruiting class.

New head coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] will enter his first season as the head coach of LSU this winter. He has already landed a talented group of players for the 2022-23 season, and he is making his mark on the recruiting trail for the 2023 cycle, as well.

He recently landed four-star power forward [autotag]Corey Chest[/autotag] from Branson, Missouri. Chest is currently the only commitment of the 2023 recruiting class, but there is still plenty of time for coach McMahon to land some more great players.

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LSU lands first basketball commitment in 2023 class

The Tigers landed the top prospect in Louisiana in power forward Corey Chest.

LSU’s wait to add the first name to its 2023 recruiting class has come to an end.

On Tuesday, the Tigers landed four-star Eleanor McMain (New Orleans) power forward [autotag]Corey Chest[/autotag] over Houston, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Overtime Elite. Chest is the top-ranked player in the state of Louisiana and the No. 75 player overall, per the 247Sports Composite.

Chest has said LSU feels “like home” and praised the family aspect and style of the new coaching staff under coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag].

He picked up an offer from the Tigers on Dec. 21 and officially visited on June 8. Kansas got in the mix late with an offer on June 18, but it wasn’t enough to pull Chest away from the flagship program in the state.

The 6-foot-8 player is known for his physical playstyle, which should help the frontcourt tremendously in the years to come.

With only one commitment, LSU’s class ranks just 41st in the country, as things currently stand. But McMahon is far from done, and the Tigers are in the mix for several other recruits in the class.

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Tigers a finalist for top-50 2023 shooting guard

The Tigers are listed as the favorite by On3 to land the elite backcourt player.

New LSU basketball coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] is still searching for his first commitment in the 2023 class, but the Tigers are in the mix for a number of top prospects.

One of those players, four-star Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas) shooting guard Wesley Yates, cut his list of teams down to nine, and LSU made the cut. The Tigers are joined by Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston, Stanford, Texas and Washington.

Yates is a 6-foot-4, 200-pound player who ranks as the No. 31 overall recruit in the 2023 class. He’s considering a number of schools in his home state of Texas, but he’s also considering a few SEC programs.

“It’s close to home, and I got a real good relationship with the coaches,” Yates said of LSU, according to On3. “Coach (Casey) Long is my guy, and you got Coach (Matt) McMahon, the head coach, who developed Ja Morant. It’s just crazy to know he did that at Murray State, and he still talks to Ja today. They have shown me how I can develop my game and how they can develop me into a pro. They play in the SEC, which is a big stage. I got a visit set with them on September 10; it’s the week LSU plays Southern in football, so it’ll be fun.”

On3 lists LSU as a slim favorite for Yates, giving them a 27.7% chance of landing him, ahead of the Longhorns, Auburn and the Cardinal.

McMahon did an impressive job this offseason replacing a roster that had largely dissipated following the season. He landed the No. 15 class in 2022, and though he’s still waiting for his first pledge in the bump class, landing a player like Yates would quickly ease any concerns.

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Tigers offer 5-star small forward in 2024 class

The Tigers are throwing their hat in the ring for Liam McNeely, one of the top players in the country in the 2024 cycle.

[autotag]Liam McNeeley[/autotag] is a 6-foot-7, 190-pound small forward from Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. Montverde is one of the best high school basketball teams in the country, finishing last season 23-4, and it produces top college prospects every year.

McNeeley is transferring to Montverde Academy from John Paul II High School in Plano, Texas. The Cardinals finished last season 31-7 and won the TAPPS 6A State Championship with a 66-56 win over Concordia Lutheran.

Film Analysis: McNeeley is a young guy with a very smooth shot from the perimeter. He does a great job of using his length to grab rebounds and create more space on the floor on the offensive side.

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LSU basketball offers combo guard from Georgia

The Tigers are already looking ahead a couple of years to a backcourt player in the 2024 class.

Coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] has been working hard on the recruiting trail and has landed a lot of recruits for the class of 2022 here recently, but he isn’t stopping there.

He is already looking ahead to the future as he recently offered [autotag]Gicarri Harris[/autotag], a combo guard in the 2024 class from Loganville, Georgia, where he plays for Grayson High School. He is still a few years away from seeing just how far his recruitment will climb, but he currently holds five Division I offers (LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Florida, and Purdue).

He currently does not have any stars or any predictions because, as previously stated, it is still a few years out before his recruiting really heats up. I’ll be sure to keep up with him as he enters his junior season at Grayson this winter.

LSU basketball picks up another blue-chip commitment for 2022

McMahon has now added the fourth high school recruit to the 2022 class as part of his quick turnaround.

Much has been said about the pace at which Tigers coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] has rebuilt the roster in Baton Rouge.

He salvaged what appeared to be one of the worst situations in the Power Five in just a matter of weeks, and the future looks fairly bright all of the sudden. Things look even brighter now, as McMahon has picked up his fourth commit in the 2022 cycle in [autotag]Shawn Phillips Jr.[/autotag]

The 6-foot-10 center from Dream City Christian in Glendale, Arizona, was previously committed to North Carolina State, signing back in November. But he was released from his letter of intent after the departure of assistant Mike Summey, and he reopened his recruitment.

He took an official visit to Baton Rouge on May 7 after listing LSU among a top five which also included Georgetown, Kansas State, Miami and Overtime Elite.

He’s a four-star recruit and the No. 111 player (and No. 20 center) in the 2022 recruiting class. After the Tigers saw each of their commits in the class depart following the firing of Will Wade, McMahon has put together a class that ranked No. 17 before Phillips’ addition and is sure to jump even more now.

Phillips is the third blue-chip addition to that group, joining top-100 prospects in [autotag]Tyrell Ward[/autotag] and [autotag]Jalen Reed[/autotag].

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LSU basketball loses final commit in 2022 recruiting class

With Yohan Traore backing off his pledge, the Tigers’ current recruiting class sits vacant.

When Tigers athletic director Scott Woodward made the decision to fire men’s basketball coach Will Wade on March 13 as a result of the NCAA’s investigation into the program, it would have been reasonable to guess that some roster attrition was likely to follow.

What has happened since for LSU, however, could be deemed a worst-case scenario. The Tigers lost both of their 2022 signees in the wake of Wade’s departure when Julian Phillips and Devin Ree were released from their letters of intent and decommitted.

Now, LSU has lost the final piece of its 2022 class as five-star Glendale (Arizona) Dream City Christian center Yohan Traore backed off his pledge to the Tigers.

LSU also lost its lone commit in the 2023 class in five-star point guard Marvel Allen.

Now, the Tigers are left with a completely bare 2022 class with not much time to get things fixed. National signing day is on April 13, meaning new coach Matt McMahon has just over three weeks to try to find at least one player to add to the class.

Barring something unforeseen, the transfer portal will likely be this team’s best bet to rebuild for 2022-23, and given the state of college sports, it’s very likely McMahon could target some of his former Murray State players to make the jump to the power conference ranks.

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