Louisville’s run through the 2027 recruiting class keeps picking up steam, but not every top target is sticking around.
The Cardinals have been in the mix for several high-end prospects, including Demarcus Henry, who made Louisville’s final eight earlier this summer. Henry ranks No. 3 overall nationally.
This week also brought good news with an official visit secured from Moussa Kamissoko, the No. 8 overall player in the 2027 class. Louisville already had an unofficial visit from the class’ No. 1 prospect, CJ Rosser.
Still, Saturday delivered a miss. Five-star point guard Nasir Anderson trimmed his list to 10 schools, and Louisville was not among them.
Anderson has been on the radar since early in the cycle. Louisville was one of the first major programs to offer him, doing so on June 15, and he has since picked up more than 33 offers. But as the process moved along, the Cardinals faded from the picture.
His final 10 includes Kentucky, North Carolina, UConn, Providence, Syracuse, Indiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.
At 6-foot-4, Anderson brings the kind of burst and scoring punch that makes him one of the most coveted guards in the class. He’s ranked as high as No. 8 overall and No. 2 among point guards, and he’s a unanimous five-star.
Even so, Louisville doesn’t appear to be backing off its point guard chase. Kelsey has made a strong push for Reese Alston, attending multiple games this summer and continuing to build that relationship. On3 Sports’ Jamie Shaw recently predicted Alston will commit, giving that forecast a “Medium” confidence level.
So while Anderson is off the board for Louisville, the Cardinals still have their sights set on another elite lead guard in Alston.
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The bigger question now is how Louisville responds, and the answer appears to center on another top-tier point guard, Reese Alston. He has become a major priority for the coaching staff, with the Cardinals actively recruiting him alongside other powerhouse programs, and his process could go a long way toward showing whether Louisville can still land the kind of lead guard that shapes a class. [Read more 🡒]
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His commitment also carried some weight for the program at the time, coming after a previous 4-star quarterback flipped to another school. Louisvilles 2027 class now sits at 16 commitments and has climbed as high as No. 31 nationally, so every update on Carothers matters a little more than the average prep result. A performance like this only adds to the anticipation around what he could become once he arrives on campus. [Read more 🡒]