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Aaliyah Chavez commitment news: Stories and updates as nation's No. 1 recruit prepares closes in on announcement

Latest news and updates surrounding No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez and her college commitment

Levi Payton

Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez attempts to grab a rebound during the Class 5A Division II state championship girls basketball game on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at The Alamodome in San Antonio.
Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez attempts to grab a rebound during the Class 5A Division II state championship girls basketball game on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at The Alamodome in San Antonio. / Angela Piazza/USA Today Network via Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

As decision day draws near, High School on SI has compiled the latest news and updates surrounding Lubbock Monterey senior guard Aaliyah Chavez, the nation's No. 1 women's basketball recruit, as her decision draws near.

Check back often as we will update this thread with expanding news stories and updates on the historic career of one of the nation's career scoring leaders.

In the meantime, you can also check out many more Aaliyah Chavez stories here.

Aaliyah Chavez commits to Oklahoma: Nation's No. 1 recruit hitches wagon to booming Sooners program

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Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez announces she will be playing for the University of Oklahoma in front of an auditorium filled with fans at Monterey High School on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. / Jacob Lujan/For The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Predicting where No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez will commit

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Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez takes photos with fans at Monterey High School on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. / Jacob Lujan/For The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

On the eve of Chavez's big commitment announcement, we weighed the options and took our best guess as to where the top prospect for 2025 would land. Did we get it right?

Here's what No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez brings to the table for her new program

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Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez shoots a basket during the Class 5A Division II state championship girls basketball game on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at The Alamodome in San Antonio. / Angela Piazza/USA Today Network via Caller-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Smooth as butter. Smooth as silk. Pick your cliche, the only seeming edge to Chavez's game is the one she plays with on the floor and takes into her training. She has an uncanny knack of quietly dropping 40 points, if there is such a thing, before you realize she's got 25.

Read more on what the nation's No. 1 recruit will bring to the table at her next program.

Aaliyah Chavez commitment: Where, when, and how to watch nation's No. 1 women's recruit announce her selection

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Lubbock Monterey guard Aaliyah Chavez will make her commitment this week. / Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Aaliyah Chavez, the nation's No. 1 recruit, is slated to announce her college decision this week. Click the link above to find out when, where and how you can watch as she is expected to make her final decision between Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and South Carolina (with LSU and UCLA tossed in, to boot.)

No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez makes surprise visit, excites crowd days before revealing college pick

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Lubbock Monterey's Aaliyah Chavez signs autographs for fans after a Lady Plainsmen basketball game. / Annie Rice/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

Sooner than later, we won't have to ask whether Aaliyah Chavez will be a Sooner.

On Tuesday, March 25, she will tell the word herself when she announces her college destination. Until then, her family remains steadfast that only they'll know the answer in advance.

While that may be true, it hasn't stopped the country from buzzing anytime the young phenom makes a move. And on Saturday, just days before she's to make that announcement, she, intentionally or not, made a move that stoked the chatter.

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