Tyler has now had two years and finally has had enough time to establish his program by not only having players returning that know his system but has set a tone on where he wants this program to go and what his player expectations are. However, the 2025 class is really his first high school class that gave him enough time to develop longer relationships with potential recruits as a LBSU head coach; the majority of hs players commit fairly yearly. Prepvolleyball has given the 2025 class a preliminary ranking of 12th in the country, of course there is more recruiting being done and these vb services are not as established or as professional as their counterparts in high school basketball. For context, Joy had the 15th rated national class which was centered around two recruits that never played for LBSU, Mia Tuaniga and Starr Williams.

The transfer portal of course is a major and important tool to address immediate concerns and gives access to higher level players that may have not been available as high school recruits.

IMO, a program like LBSU that is pushing to move up the ranking ladder needs to sign the best available portal player at almost any position. If you can sign a player that is bigger, more physical and has the potential to be "significantly" more productive you have to bring the player aboard. The only position I may not take that stand on is the setter position at LBSU. I think all other positions could use the competition and depth provided by a talented addition.