We're still several months away from the 2026-27 college basketball season, and yet, LSU coach Will Wade is already facing serious backlash.
Earlier this Tuesday, the men's basketball team for LSU landed a commitment from former St. John's star RJ Luis. The 2025 Big East Player of the Year averaged 18.2 points per game in his final season of college basketball. Although he spent time with the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics prior to the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, he's trying to return to the NCAA.
Believe it or not, Luis isn't the only professional basketball player on Wade's radar.
LSU also received a commitment Tuesday from Italian pro Saliou Niang, who averaged 9.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season for Virtus Bologna. His team owned a 23-5 record in the Lega Basket Serie A.
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Basketball fans around the country have made it clear they don't approve of the roster Wade is trying to build in Baton Rouge.
"Congrats to Will Wade for being the biggest piece of trash in college athletics," one fan wrote on social media.
"The NCAA must step in and enforce its own rules - ban LSU from post season play in 2026-27," a second fan said.
"Will Wade is actually a terrorist," a social media user declared.
"The SEC should just refuse to play LSU," another fan suggested.
Coaches aren't happy with Will Wade.
Apparently, NCAA coaches aren't pleased with Wade at the moment either.
"You’re being an idiot [expletive] for the sake of being an idiot [expletive]," an anonymous coach of a top-20 team told Jeff Goodman. "What you’re doing is [expletive] it up for everyone else."
There's no indication Luis and Niang will be cleared for action next season, but we've seen wild things happen in the NCAA before.
