MBB Recruiting Rundown: LSU sets its board for 2025
The offseason is in full swing with the Tigers having filled out their roster for the upcoming season, turning attention to the 2025 recruiting cycle to build the class for next year. The Bengal Tiger On3 has been able to watch most of the top prospects in the country, attending both the Nike EYBL circuit and the Adidas 3SSB circuit to see and talk with LSU’s top targets for the year.
Here’s a full rundown of LSU’s recruiting board with all of the names to know and where LSU stands with them. I’ve also included my first class prediction at the bottom. Let’s get into it.
LSU offered & taken unofficial visits
Cenac is the No. 30 player in the class and is a dynamic forward with tons of potential down in New Orleans. At 6-foot-10, he’s physically gifted which helps him attack the basket and bring down double digit rebounds every game. Houston, Oklahoma, and SMU are LSU’s top competition at the moment.
SF Colt Langdon
I spoke with Langdon and Henderson in Memphis a few weeks ago and both were clearly excited by the prospect of taking an official visit to LSU. LSU is looking to add a skilled wing in this class and both of them check that box. Expect these three players to take official visits in the fall.
Langdon is ranked as the No. 120 player on the Industry ranking, but On3 has him as the No. 79 player and I think that’s more accurate. At 6-foot-7, he can really shoot it, is physically strong, and a smart player in his role on both ends. Competition for LSU includes Butler, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, and Pittsburgh.
Henderson is the No. 49 player in this class on the Industry rankings and he’s a more athletic option with a lot of upside as he continues to develop his shot and playmaking ability at 6-foot-6.
LSU’s top competition here is Texas, Houston, and SMU, and Kentucky has been in contact with him as of late.
Newly offered and recruiting
PG Mikel Brown
PG Jalen Reece
SF Nate Ament
This is a talented group to be certain and a lot of their offers from LSU have come in the past few months. Now, it’s about evaluating and figuring out who the Tigers want to host for visits. This is a group of four top 40 players and then Reece who is a rising point guard prospect the staff is high on.
I expect a push in the coming months for Clark, Reece, and Ament to get them on campus in the fall, then we’ll see about Brown. I know the staff watched all five of these guys closely on the circuit.
Keeping tabs on
Spoke with Magwood after one of his games and he said LSU has been in contact with him early and often, so he’s hoping to receive an offer and visit soon. He’s a rising talent at 6-foot-2 on one of the best teams in the Adidas Circuit, ranked as the No. 97 player in the class. The scoring potential is evident and exciting. He’s said that West Virginia and Mississippi State are two other teams recruiting him at the moment.
LSU 2025 class prediction?
We’re a long ways away, but based on the recruiting efforts I’ve seen and the players LSU has locked in on, this would be my very early first shot at a “Class Prediction”.
F Chris Cenac
SF Colton Langdon
PG Jalen Reece
LSU seems intent on getting at least two players as freshmen every year and I could see that getting to three once again this cycle. This group would check all the boxes for Matt McMahon with a game-changing in-state talent in Cenac, then two underrated players who can come in and immediately excel in a role and are excellent shooters in Reece and Langdon. It may not be as flashy as the 2024 class, but I’d be equally as impressed if this was the outcome.
LSU will take swings at some five-star prospects like Brown and Ament, so maybe this class looks even better at the end of the year, but this is where I’m starting the process at in these very early stages. We’ll get more clarity once visits are scheduled, of course.
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