Joshua Tyson left Ohio State this weekend with a fresh look at a program that’s still firmly in the mix for one of the top guards in the 2027 class.
The 6-3 guard completed a two-day official visit to OSU, adding another stop to a recruitment that already includes an official visit to Xavier in July and upcoming trips to Virginia Tech on Sept. 5, Cincinnati on Sept. 19 and Michigan State on Oct.
- Clemson was part of his top six, though it does not appear Tyson will make a visit there.
Tyson is rated by 247Sports.com as the nation’s No. 41 prospect overall, the No. 11 point guard and the No. 4 overall prospect in Indiana for 2027. Ohio State, meanwhile, still does not have a commitment in that class after LJ Smith reclassified from 2027 to 2026 so he could enroll at OSU for this school year.
This weekend’s trip gave Tyson time with coach Jake Diebler and the Buckeye staff, and he’ll now move on with a busy fall schedule as the process continues.
On the court, Tyson has already built a strong résumé. He spent the last three seasons at Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio, and announced this summer that he’ll transfer to La Lumiere School in Springfield, Ind., for his senior year. There, he’ll face elite competition in the EYBL Scholastic league.
His junior season at Lakota West was a big one. The Firebirds finished 24-2 and went undefeated in Greater Miami Conference play at 16-0 before falling to Pickerington Central in the regional championship.
Tyson was a finalist for Ohio’s Mr. Basketball award and, along with teammate Bryce Curry, earned first-team All-Ohio honors in Division I.
He averaged 16.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting 63 percent from the floor and 34 percent from three, making 22 of 64 attempts.
That followed a sophomore year in which he averaged 15.5 points and helped Lakota West reach the state final four.
Tyson also spent the spring with the Phenom United 17-U team on the adidas circuit. In eight games in adidas 3SSB play in May, he averaged 14.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.4 steals, while shooting 52 percent overall and 35 percent from three-point range. He hit a high of 23 points, and one of his best outings came against D1 Minnesota, when he finished with 18 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals.
In July, over 10 games during the final two weekends of adidas 3SSB play, Tyson averaged 9.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
His summer also included a spot among 32 players invited to USA Basketball’s U18 training camp, plus a weekend in Las Vegas at Pangos All-American Camp, where he earned selection for the top 60 all-star game. After that, he rejoined his Lakota West team for a weekend at another high school recruiting event in Philadelphia before the group headed to Midwest Live.
Tyson’s path to this point has taken him from Virginia, where he was born, to Arkansas, and then to Cincinnati at age 7, where he has lived ever since.
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