LSU Basketball Holds No. 1 Recruiting Class After Signing Three Five-Star Prospects

BATON ROUGE – LSU's 2027 basketball recruiting class is ranked No. 1 nationally by 247Sports, Rivals, and ESPN following the signing of three five-star prospects on Wednesday.

Head coach Will Wade and the Tigers signed point guard Reese Alston of Houston, Texas; guard King Gibson of Greensboro, North Carolina; and 6-foot-10 center Xavier Young of Lewisville, Texas.

Alston plays for Second Baptist School, where he helped lead his team to back-to-back Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Class 5A championships. He averaged 22.2 points, 5.3 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.7 steals per game last season. He also won the 2026 Guy V. Lewis Award, given to the top high school basketball player in the Houston area.

Gibson averaged 14.5 points and 4.2 assists per game at Spire Academy in Ohio, shooting 45 percent from three-point range. He previously played at Montverde Academy in Florida and has been coached by longtime prep coach Kevin Boyle at both schools.

Young plays for Texas Impact under coach T.J. Thomas on the UAA circuit, where he averaged 10.4 points and 7.8 rebounds while shooting 61 percent from the field. He also helped lead the United States to a gold medal at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey.

Meanwhile, the 2026-27 Tigers return to action Saturday when they travel to Spokane, Washington, to face Gonzaga. Tipoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT on USA Network.

(Release via LSU Athletics)