Top 20 Tounde Yessoufou sets first official visit and talks through USC, Arizona, and Kansas

Tounde Yessoufou is the No. 16 ranked player in the recently updated 2025 On3 150. The 6-foot-6 forward averaged 32.3 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.6 steals, and 1.3 blocks at St. Joseph/CA. He scored 1,132 points this high school season and shot 52.3 percent from the field.

“I play really hard, especially on defense,” Yessoufou told On3. “I keep myself going by locking people up, getting rebounds, and pushing it. On offense, I try to attack the basket and get the other team in foul trouble, and make my free throws. My biggest improvement this year is reading the game. Know when to go and push it and when to slow it down.”

The four-star junior is playing this summer with the Team WhyNot program on Nike’s EYBL Circuit. He has averaged 22.4 points and 4.7 rebounds on 69.4 percent shooting through the first two stops. On3 caught up with Tounde Yessoufou after a recent live viewing to talk about his recruitment and upcoming visits.

“I have not been on any official visits yet,” Yessoufou said. “But I plan on going to Arizona in June. I am talking with Kansas and USC about visits too.

Yessoufou talks visits

ARIZONA: “I am going to visit them on June 18, I think. They have a great atmosphere and Coach (Tommy) Lloyd is amazing. The relationship with the coaches is one of the things that stands out. It’s a great campus. When you go to a game the fans are loud and they love you. It’s a lot like a community where everyone loves each other. When you go to the games, the atmosphere is like a place that you want to play in front of.”

KANSAS: “The coaches have a winning spirit there. They’re all great people. I’ve been talking a lot with the coaches. They come to my town a lot to come talk with me. They’re always reaching out or at my practices. They play pretty fast, I love that. They don’t settle for jumpers too much, they attack the rim, but their guards can shoot the ball too. Their guys play my style of basketball, and I like it.”

USC: “I’ve been talking with Coach Muss (Eric Musselman) since he was at Arkansas. He is good people, and I love his energy. I personally love a little crazy, you can tell that he cares about you. And he cares about winning. He can help you when you keep going are down, and to keep pushing. He likes my aggressiveness a lot, he reaches out to me after every game. And we talk about everything. I like him.”

“UCLA and Texas have mentioned visits too, but we have not sat down and talked about it with them yet,” Yessoufou said. “These are the three schools we have sat down and talked to about visiting so far.

Tounde Yessoufou talks recruitment

“I’m definitely staying in the 2025 class,” Yessoufou said. “I want to enjoy my last year of high school as much as I can. Go to amazing places and play against, and with, some amazing people. Just enjoy high school.

“I want to see how I can fit into the program. I’ll look at what they want me to do and how that fits my style of play. I want to win as much as I can. I want to go somewhere that will help me get to the next level, that is where I want to be. So I will be looking for a school that will use me in a way to benefit me getting to the next level.”

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