Five-star guard Reese Alston, the son of former NBA player Rafer "Skip 2 My Lou" Alston, announced his commitment to LSU on Thursday via CBS Sports HQ. Alston, ranked No. 9 overall in the 2027 recruiting cycle by 247Sports, chose the Tigers over offers from Louisville, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Wichita State.
The Houston Second Baptist product becomes the third member of LSU's 2027 recruiting class, joining four-star combo guard King Gibson and five-star tight end Ahmad Hudson, who is also committed to the Tigers football program. With Alston's addition, LSU now holds the No. 2-ranked recruiting class for the 2027 cycle.
Alston is the first five-star high school recruit that head coach Will Wade has secured since returning to LSU. The commitment signals a shift in Wade's roster-building strategy for the 2027-28 season, moving away from a heavy reliance on the transfer portal and international players that characterized the 2026-27 roster construction.
According to 247Sports Director of Scouting, Alston can consistently create offense for himself and his teammates, describing him as an offensive engine with adequate positional size, deceptive strength, good open-floor speed, and underrated on-ball defensive capabilities.
Alston's commitment follows other high-profile decisions in the 2027 class this week, including four-star forward Asa Montgomery committing to Duke and five-star center Lewis Uvwo committing to Providence. In a recent CBS Sports report on the NIL arms race in college basketball, LSU was placed in Tier 3 with a budget range of $15.1 million to $17.5 million, alongside programs such as Miami, Arizona, USC, Michigan State, and SEC rivals Missouri, Auburn, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, and South Carolina.
