The Basket Under Review Newsletter - September 7, 2026

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Luke Murray made a big splash on Saturday night, landing the highest-ranked recruit in Boston College history.

2027 four-star guard Tre Keith committed to the Eagles over Mississippi State, Clemson, Saint Louis and others. The 6'2" Atlanta native averaged 21 points, five rebounds and three assists on the 3SSB circuit this summer. Keith is ranked 45th overall in the class.

247Sports' Adam Finkelstein says, "Keith is a throwback style lead guard, who plays like he grew up in the park, and not in the era of trainers. He has a natural cadence and instinctive feel with the ball, even if he's not always polished with his decision-making. Similarly, he's not a pure shooter, but makes more shots than you'd expect, especially off the dribble."

Keith is the first commit of the 2027 class for Boston College and will certainly not be the last.

In other high school recruiting news:

• Philipe Ndong committed to Marquette
• RJ Moore committed to Rutgers
• Darrell Davis committed to Houston
• Karon Watlington committed to UNC Greensboro
• Izzy Tchoubfong committed to Florida Gulf Coast
• Tyce Jarvis committed to Jacksonville State
• Colton Fowler committed to Charleston
• Justin Frison committed to Murray State - the highest ranked recruit in program history
• Youssouf Traore committed to UTEP in the class of 2026

Links, news and notes:

Bowling Green transfer Javontae Campbell committed to Cincinnati.

Check out schedules from: Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Michigan, Yale

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On a new episode of Weekend Under Review, Brian Rauf and Matthew Winick preview the ACC.

Three Man Weave's Top 50 teams countdown continues with the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Skim Milkey previews the ASUN.

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Upon Further Review

‘We’re Not Entitled to Anything’: Luke Murray Is Building Boston College From Zero

Luke Murray’s UConn tenure ended on a Monday night in Indianapolis, in a national championship game against Michigan. His Boston College tenure started just a few hours later, and the first thing he saw was his inbox. “We lose to Michigan on Monday,” Murray told Basket Under Review. “And

Basket Under ReviewBrian Rauf

Soon Over Pasadena

This serves as a sort of companion piece to today’s breakdown of the 2026-27 USC Trojans, who we’ve ranked #16 in our Top 50 countdown and who I (Will) believe could have one of the 10 best defenses in the sport. Jim will have provided his rationale

Basket Under ReviewWill Warren

A transfer fit: How Jaquan Johnson can help keep the Iowa State Cyclones spinning

Jaquan Johnson arrives at Iowa State as a proven defensive pest and careful playmaker, fresh off earning Missouri Valley Defensive Player of the Year this past year at Bradley. What Johnson lacks in height, he makes up for in aggression and physicality on both ends of the floor, bringing the

Basket Under ReviewLukas Harkins

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