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𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: Reese Alston, the No. 9 overall recruit in the national 2027 class, will announce his college decision LIVE with 247Sports & CBS Sports on Thursday (10/29) at 3PM CT.
Finalists: Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Tennessee, and Wichita State.
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Officially on notice 👀
Donovan was named to the Preseason Top 20 list for the @Hoophall Point Guard of the Year Award!
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Sources: LSU’s Skyy Clark, Saliou Niang, and Brice Dessert will all be available for Saturday’s exhibition game at Florida State.
This will be the first time we’ve been able to see the Tigers with all hands on deck during the preseason.
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🏀 The LSU Tigers 2026-2027 Basketball roster is here and Hunt is telling you all about it
#LSUbasketball #WillWade
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Here's LSU's updated starting lineup:
G Donovan Dent (top-15 point guard)
G Skyy Clark (top-30 shooting guard)
Wing Saliou Niang (top-10 wing)
F Brice Dessert (top-20 forward)
C Michael Ruzic (top-25 center)
Who knows how it gels, but this is a real-deal squad.
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With all eligiblity and injunction concerns out of the way, here is Will Wade’s OFFICIAL #LSU Men’s Basketball roster for the 2026-2027 season.
GUARDS
* Donovan Dent
* Skyy Clark
* Abdi Bashir Jr.
* Divine Ugochukwu
* Austin Nunez
* Luke Stansbury
* Bradley Fife
FORWARDS
* Saliou Niang
* Michael Ruzic
* Jordan Bender
BIGS
* Brice Dessert
* Mo Dioubate
* Gilad Levy
* Strake Pearson
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Dearest Mother-
Anticipation is building for the 2nd campaign under my tutelage. Private Niang has been cleared by the communist regimen & the under lords of the SEC. Our work continues to build a unit that will fight like the Tigers we deserve. It’s almost time to #bootup.
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🚨 BREAKING: HUGE NEWS FOR WILL WADE AND #LSU BASKETBALL! 🏀🐯
Saliou Niang, the former Italian pro and 2025 NBA Draft pick, has been CLEARED to play by BOTH the NCAA and SEC!
A source with direct knowledge confirms to TigerBait.
FULL STORY 👇
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NEWS: LSU's Saliou Niang is eligible to compete during the 2026-27 college basketball season, according to multiple sources.
CC: @247Sports, @CBSSportsCBB.
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Ray Williams retweeted
From the court order:
“The NCAA's selective class-of-2022 carve-out contravenes its contractual obligations and its implied duty of good faith and fair dealing because it denies Mr. Steen the same opportunity the NCAA has already extended to athletes before and after him.”
Another preliminary injunction granted against the NCAA in a 5 in 5 case.
This time by a Florida state court.
The NCAA continues to willingly create the “chaos” and uneven playing field it says it’s trying to prevent.
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Perfect example of how these Class of 2022 eligibility cases have gone against the NCAA more recently. Steen was initially denied an injunction based on good faith and fair dealing principles, but once the plain text of the bylaws was discovered, the same judge changed course.
BREAKING: Florida State forward Alex Steen has been granted a fifth year of eligibility by the Second Judicial Court in Leon County
Huge news for the #Noles
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Wise words from Judge Frank. #LetThemPlay
More language from the judge in Alex Steen’s 5 in 5 case.
“No reasonable association, having announced that five seasons are
‘what is best for student-athletes,’ would then exclude the one class of student-athletes that has been most disadvantaged by the prior system….”
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But LSU is rogue
The Big 12 has more riding on eligibility rulings than any other conference in college basketball.
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This just illustrates that this team is very capable of running the table. So many portal players and a QB that wasn’t able to participate in the spring means this team will keep getting better.
LSU owns the SEC stat sheet despite a 5-2 record.
• Total offense: No. 1 (504 ypg)
• Total defense: No. 1 (256.4 ypg)
• Passing offense: No. 1 (308 ypg)
• Rushing defense: No. 1 (88.1 ypg)
• Scoring: 40.4 PPG allowed 15.9 (No. 2 both)
• First downs: No. 1; 4th-down efficiency: No. 1 (83%)
• Sacks: No. 2 (26); scoring margin: +24.6 PPG
The only team ranked No. 1 in both total offense and total defense.
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In June, an NCAA VP swore the Manual's eligibility rules "determine who competes." In October, the NCAA told a court the Manual is a "courtesy." If Bylaw 12.6 is wrong, Bylaw 9.3.1.1.1 offers a fix. Why no rule change? This week's #NIL newsletter digs in. linkedin.com/pulse/newslette…
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