LSU Basketball Thread

Will Wade hasn't coached a single game yet and he's already showing to be the best hire for the basketball program since Dale Brown.

First he comes in and washes out the kids who aren't going to cut it. He already has started getting the school excited for basketball and football season just started. He shows up and brings in one of the best PG prospects in the country in Tremont Waters from CT who wasn't even considering LSU. A couple recruits follow him to LSU instead of VCU and the team has a respectable class to start with. His staff is top notch from top to bottom and they just hired one of the better basketball recruiters this past week, Brian Merritt, who was director of scouting/recruiting for John Lucas Enterprises in Houston.

Now, looking at 2017 he lands one of the best guards in the country (Ja’Vonte Smart) from Scotlandville HS who wasn't considering LSU before, followed by one of the top 15 players in the country, Naz Reid who will almost certainly be a lottery pick after his first season at LSU. Both of these guys play AAU ball together. Of course Naz's girlfriend is Raven Farley of the Lady Tigers, so maybe Nikki Caldwell gets some credit for Naz, too.

Right now, with only two players committed, LSU sits with the #7 class in the country and #1 in the SEC for 2018.

Other targets include PF, Josh LeBlanc of Madison Prep, SF, Kaden Archie from Midlothian, TX and PF Darius Days from Gainesville.