"Anywhere but LSU" — College fans react as No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez narrows list to six schools

The No. 1 recruit of the 2025 class, Aaliyah Chavez, announced her top six schools on Tuesday. LSU, Texas, South Carolina, UCLA, Texas Tech and Oklahoma made the final cut.

The Monterey High School senior has drawn attention from fans and experts with her incredible performances. Chavez has averaged 23.7 points, 4.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds at the Nike EYBL circuit.

Fans in the comments were excited with the latest news and gave their opinion on where Chavez should play next. One fan wrote:

"Anywhere but LSU"

Another fan believed that the five-star point guard would choose to stay home in Texas:

"Texas—Going to blaze a trail and get that jersey in the ceiling after her 4 years. Going where they is no path and blaze a trail. Texas! Staying home!"

Here are a few more reactions:

Fan reactions to Aaliyah Chavez's announcement (Credit: Instagram/@overtimeselect)

Chavez spoke to On3 about her ideal destination:

“The most important thing is to make sure I’m in a place where I have high energy. I don’t want a coach that’s low energy, and I need to make sure that they’re going to be there the whole time [I am].

"I don’t want a coach that’s just going to be there for two years… I want them to be there all four years. Because that’s what I’m getting recruited off of, right? I want to be there all four years.”

Aaliyah Chavez's player profile

During her junior season at Monterey, Aaliyah Chavez averaged 37.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 3.5 steals and 0.9 blocks per contest. She was named to the Naismith Girls High School All-America first team and earned the Gatorade Texas Player of the Year award.

247 Sports national analyst Brandon Clay praised Chavez in his assessment:

"Rated as the No. 1 player in the class, Chavez is a prolific yet efficient scoring option at the guard position. She can play on the basketball or off though she might be best suited to be a primary lead guard in college. Chavez gets her shot off as easily as any high school guard I can remember dating back to the days of Kelsey Mitchell as a prep prospect."

Clay also explained that Chavez has a legitimate shooting range, which can go up to 25 feet. She also has an incredible ability to move past the heavy defense to either make the shot or find the corner shooter.

Chavez led CyFair Elite Sports to their third 17U Nike Nationals Championship on Monday.

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