Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Tuesday that former St. John’s star RJ Luis has agreed to join LSU, but the NCAA currently considers him ineligible because he signed a two‑way NBA contract after the 2025 draft.
- Luis’s representatives are expected to file a legal petition seeking reinstatement of his college eligibility, a path that produced mixed results in the recent Charles Bediako case.
- LSU coach Will Wade has also pursued several recent professionals, including Israeli guard Yam Madar, who reports say was offered roughly $5 million to join the program.
- The NCAA has reiterated in public statements and internal memos that signing an NBA contract, including two‑way deals, blocks a return to college play, and president Charlie Baker has defended that stance.
- The dispute has drawn sharp criticism from peers and raises wider stakes for college basketball by testing how courts, NCAA policy and a proposed age‑based eligibility model will handle returns by recent pros and drafted internationals.