LSU picked up another boost in its backcourt on Friday, but the win comes with a catch.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals turned down the NCAA’s emergency bid to pause a temporary injunction, which keeps transfer guard Skyy Clark eligible for now along with 37 other athletes. That means Clark will be available when the Tigers open the regular season against Southeastern Louisiana on November 2.
For LSU, that matters. The roster has come a long way from the summer, when the Tigers had only four players signed. Clark’s arrival pushes the group to 14 rostered players and gives the team another experienced guard to work with as the season approaches.
Clark is set to play for his fourth school in five years of college basketball, part of a wave of athletes trying to secure another season under the NCAA’s revised eligibility rules that allow five seasons in five years.
His college path has been a winding one. Clark started at Illinois in 2022-2023, appearing in 13 games and averaging 7.1 points and 2.7 assists before leaving midway through that season for personal reasons. He then moved on to Louisville for what the source describes as his sophomore season, and that’s where he posted a career-best 13.2 points and 3.0 assists per game while starting 28 of 29 games.
After the 2023-2024 season, Clark transferred again, this time to UCLA. Over two seasons in Los Angeles, he started 57 games and missed several contests during 2025-2026 BIG-10 conference play after suffering a hamstring injury against Iowa.
Friday’s ruling is another positive development for Will Wade’s team, which also got a temporary injunction that allowed guard RJ Luis to play in the first few games of the season. But neither situation is fully settled yet.
Clark’s eligibility remains temporary, and the NCAA’s appeal is still moving through the process before a full three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The athletes involved, including Clark, are expected to get a ruling in mid-to-late November after their legal team responds to the filings on Nov. 6.
Luis is in a similar holding pattern. He is playing under a temporary restraining order that bars the SEC and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey from punishing LSU for using him while the school waits for a preliminary injunction hearing on Nov. 13.
Until those cases are resolved, LSU may have to lean on the rest of its guard group, including Austin Nunez, Abdi Bashir Jr., and Divine Ugochukwu.
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