PROVO – In a now-deleted post on the social media platform against Wyoming.

He didn’t post about AJ Dybantsa. Or was it him?

The 6-foot-9 winger committed to BYU on Tuesday morning and announced his decision on ESPN’s First Take as he revealed his choice of the Cougars over Alabama, Kansas and North Carolina to host Stephen A. Smith.

Dybantsa is the first consensus No. 1 overall recruit from 247Sports, On3, Rivals and ESPN to commit to BYU men’s basketball. He joins a 2025 recruiting class that also includes Las Vegas-area rim runner Xavion Staton — previously the highest-rated recruit to sign with BYU in the 247Sports era — and Orem’s four-star forward Chamberlain Burgess.

He is the 6-foot-3 son of former BYU basketball players Josh Burgess and Ashleigh Chamberlain, who told KSL.com that he wanted to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before enrolling.

According to national basketball analyst Travis Branham, Dybantsa’s addition bumps BYU’s three-player recruiting class from No. 34 to No. 11 nationally by 247Sports.

Of the 11 highest-rated commitments to BYU basketball since 247Sports began tracking data, Kevin Young has received commitments from six. That includes Egor Demin, the freshman guard from Moscow, Russia, who received a five-star rating from the service after signing with the Cougars out of Real Madrid’s academy.

Branham said Dybantsa’s promise would have changed the direction of several recruiting classes, lifting Alabama from No. 11 in the country to No. 2 nationally and Kansas from No. 4 to No. 1.

And yes, name, image and likeness played a role in his recruitment – as they do with all college basketball prospects in the new age of basketball, and not just the Brockton native currently in his senior year at the prep school formerly known as RSL was basketball and now based in Hurricane.

But the commitment was about more than money. Any program in college basketball would have paid Dybantsa. BYU’s program offered more, with Young – the former Phoenix Suns assistant head coach who was the highest-paid assistant in the NBA – and a team that included former Utah star Chris Burgess, top recruiter Brandon Dunson, and overseas expatriates and The G-League includes Will Voigt and Tim Fanning as well as Providence all-time player John Linehan.

Add in a strength and conditioning coach in Michael Davie who spent eight years with the Milwaukee Bucks, and BYU had all the makings of an attractive offer that goes beyond the dollar.

“They put on a great presentation when I visited,” Dybantsa said of the Cougars. “Kevin Young comes from the NBA and they have an NBA staff member helping them. And then I went to a game and I like the way they play.”

BYU’s “presentation” was also more than just an official visit. The Cougars went full court for Dybantsa.

Fanning and Voigt traveled to multiple league and tournament games to support Utah Prep’s standout on their national basketball tour. Dunson stayed behind an extra day as the team flew to San Diego for a multi-team event to see Dybantsa and several other prospects at the 5th Fight National Hoopfest in Pleasant Grove.

Linehan arrived on campus early as paperwork was being completed to help Dybantsa and his parents on an unofficial visit.

And then there was Young, the closer, who could whip out his phone to reveal contacts around the NBA, from coaches to scouts to general managers to current Suns stars Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, who each gave an endorsement, when the former assistant left the NBA in Valley of the Sun for Provo.

It all led to Tuesday, when the 43-year-old Salt Lake City native who grew up in Marietta, Georgia, got arguably – or perhaps inarguably – the biggest signing in BYU men’s basketball history.