August 20, 2025
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Is Gonzaga in the recruiting mix for class of 2026’s No. 1 prospect?

If Gonzaga’s going to keep up in the recruiting race for five-star prospect Tyran Stokes, the Bulldogs will have to contend with some of the deepest pockets in college basketball.

Kentucky, Louisville, Kansas and Arkansas are considered the “early contenders” to land the class of 2026’s No. 1-ranked recruit, according to an On3+ article from Joe Tipton.

Schools like Houston, Oregon, UCLA, Michigan and others have also gotten in the mix after extending offers to the Louisville, Kentucky, native. Stokes, who told ESPN earlier this month that he plans on visiting Gonzaga, didn’t mention anything of the sort to Tipton in his latest recruitment update.

Stokes has been on two visits so far with Louisville, which hosted him this past fall; and Kansas, which had the 6-foot-7 forward on a trip to Lawrence, Kansas, last month. Per Tipton, USC and North Carolina are two other schools to monitor as well.

Kentucky was supposed to have Stokes on a visit last week, but that visit has been postponed, per Tipton. Stokes is ranked by 247Sports and ESPN as the No. 1 prospect in the class of 2026. He attends Notre Dame High School (California); the alma mater of former top-35 recruit and ex-Gonzaga wing, Dusty Stromer.

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