LSU’s 2027 basketball recruiting class has shot to the top of the national rankings, and Will Wade’s latest haul gives the Tigers exactly the kind of buzz this program has been chasing.
The Tigers now own the No. 1 class in the country for the 2027 cycle, according to 247Sports, after a big Thursday that pushed them past everyone else. What stands out most is how stacked the group is at the top: all three LSU commits land inside the top 20 of the individual rankings.
That kind of talent at once changes the outlook fast, especially with Wade back in charge. His first run at LSU had the Tigers moving in the right direction before his departure, and while the program slid after that, things are moving again now.
This time around, the emphasis is different too. The first stint featured plenty of international prospects and waiver players.
The 2027 group is built around high school stars, and LSU is cashing in.
The headline name is guard Reese Alston, who committed Thursday afternoon and gave the Tigers the final push to No. 1.
He checks in as the No. 9 player in the nation and the fourth-ranked point guard. The pedigree is there too, since his father, Rafer Alston, played 11 seasons in the NBA and became a street ball legend.
The younger Alston is expected to bring the kind of playmaking LSU can build around right away. If all goes the way the Tigers hope, he might not be in Baton Rouge for long, but the time he does spend there should deliver some of the best point guard play the program has seen in years.
Next to him in the backcourt is King Gibson, a combo guard ranked No. 16 nationally and No. 4 at his position. With Donovan Dent and Skyy Clark moving on after this season, the fit is obvious. Alston and Gibson are lined up to take over immediately, and that pairing gives LSU a freshman backcourt that looks as dangerous as any in the country.
Then there’s Ahmad Hudson, the most unusual of the three. He’s a five-star recruit in football and, by most recruiting services, a five-star in basketball as well.
LSU is expected to lean on him more heavily on the football side as a tight end, but he’s also expected to play basketball. However it plays out, the Tigers are getting an elite athlete with rare upside in both sports.
For LSU, Thursday wasn’t just a good recruiting day. It was the kind of day that can reshape a class, and maybe more.
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