Boston College’s new basketball identity under Luke Murray just got a major boost.
The Eagles added a commitment Friday from four-star combo guard Tre Keith, a 6-foot-3 prospect from Atlanta and Tri-Cities High School who plays for AE5 AAU. According to 247Sports, Keith is the No. 45 player in the 2027 class, and he arrives as the highest-rated recruit in the program’s modern recruiting-database era.
For a program that already looked transformed after Murray’s arrival, this was the kind of move that makes the change feel real. Murray, who came to Chestnut Hill this summer after serving as Dan Hurley’s top assistant at UConn during back-to-back national championship runs, has already overhauled the roster through the transfer portal. The only holdover from the Earl Grant era is forward Jack Bailey, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound redshirt freshman from New York, N.Y., who played at Blair Academy.
Keith had BC in his top six in late July, alongside Clemson, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, and Saint Louis. His official visit to Chestnut Hill last weekend appears to have sealed the deal, and he announced his commitment the next day.
247Sports director of basketball scouting Adam Finkelstein described Keith as “a throwback style lead guard, who plays like he grew up in the park, and not in the era of trainers.” Finkelstein added, “He has a natural cadence and instinctive feel with the ball, even if he’s not always polished with his decision-making. Similarly, he’s not a pure shooter, but makes more shots than you’d expect, especially off the dribble.”
Keith’s summer numbers backed up the hype. On the 3SSB AAU circuit, he averaged 20.3 points per game and 1.09 points scored per possession while shooting 47/42/73. He also chipped in five rebounds and three assists.
Finkelstein also pointed to Keith’s pace and playmaking: “Above all else, Keith is a playmaker,” he wrote. “He plays with pace, rarely gets sped up, and has a definite rhythm to his handle.
He doesn’t always blow right by his defender, but he’s low to the ground, shifty, and able to utilize his change of pace to get into the lane. Similarly, he’s rarely above the rim in traffic, but has terrific body control and an ability to contort his body in mid-air to finish around the rim.”
He added: “While he needs to value the ball more, there are flashes of definite floor vision and creation for others, in a variety of different contexts. His shooting mechanics are far from natural. His release is abridged and more of a quick flick from above his head, but with soft natural touch that allows him to make pull-ups and rhythm catch-and-shoot threes.”
Boston College opens the 2026-27 season on Oct. 25 against MIT.
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