KU hoops target Tyran Stokes talks recruitment, earns MVP at Jordan Brand Classic
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- Tyran Stokes earned MVP at the Jordan Brand Classic with 29 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.
- Stokes listed Kansas Jayhawks, plus Oregon and Kentucky, as his final recruiting choices.
- Stokes said his plan is to be in college for no longer than 10 months, or about 8 months.
Tyran Stokes, the consensus No. 1-rated player in high school basketball’s recruiting class of 2026, has Kansas on his list of schools.
On Friday night he earned MVP honors at the Jordan Brand Classic at El Camino College in Torrance, California.
Stokes, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound senior wing out of Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, scored 29 points with eight rebounds, seven assists and three blocked shots in Team Air Boys’ 135-133 victory over Team Flight.
Stokes — he has a final recruiting list of KU, Oregon and Kentucky — hit 9 of 17 shots. He was 2-of-6 from 3-point range and 9-of-13 from the line while playing 24 minutes.
Future Missouri guard Jason Crowe scored 15 points on 6-of-15 shooting (1-of-4 from deep, 2-of-2 FT) with six assists and one turnover in 22 minutes for Team Flight. Future Michigan guard Brandon McCoy scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds for Team Flight. Future BYU small forward Bruce Branch had 20 points and 12 boards for the winning team.
Stokes was asked during a postgame livestream interview if he “wanted to drop the news right here” regarding his college choice.
“I never did this before but with that being said I will be committing to the Jordan Brand Classic,” Stokes said smiling while opening his MVP jacket to reveal a Jordan Brand Classic T-shirt. He did confirm his finalists remain KU, UK and Oregon. He’s yet to announce a timeline for his upcoming decision.
Stokes on April 11 scored 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting while playing 25 minutes in Team USA’s 102-100 overtime victory over the World Team at the Nike Hoops Summit in Portland, Oregon. Future MU guard Crowe had 16 points in that game.
Asked about KU a week ago, Stokes said: “Coach (Bill) Self and coach K.T. (Kurtis Townsend) and the rest of the staff have been keeping me in the loop with what’s going on, who they’re looking at (in portal), development of players. My plan is to be in college for no longer than 10 months or less than that, eight months. So just being able to go there, having the coach put his trust in me, me put my trust in him, just to help me develop to be a great player. ...”
Future University of Texas guard Amalia Holguin was named MVP of the Jordan Brand Classic women’s game. No box score was available online for that contest.
