Tyler Herro's younger brother, Austin, commits to South Carolina

Another Herro brother is set to play his college basketball in the Southeastern Conference.

On Sunday morning, class of 2023 combo guard Austin Herro, the younger brother of former Kentucky Wildcat shooting guard Tyler Herro, announced his commitment to the South Carolina Gamecocks. Since South Carolina is already full on scholarships, Herro will join the program as a preferred walk-on. The 6-foot-2 Milwaukee (WI) Whitnall product held an offer from Cal Poly but elected to try his hand at the Power 5 level under second-year head coach Lamont Paris.

Kentucky is set to face Herro and the Gamecocks once in the 2023-24 regular season, which will come on the road in Columbia. A date and tip time have yet to be announced.

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Due to multiple injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin Herro’s recruitment took a hit as a result. He finally returned to full health for his senior season in 2022-23 after performing well in spurts last summer on the AAU circuit for the aptly-named Team Herro alongside four-star power forward Milan Momcilovic, who is committed to Iowa State.

The decision to land at South Carolina makes more sense when we follow the small trail of breadcrumbs left behind. When Coach Paris was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2010-17, he was one of the primary recruiters for Tyler, who initially committed to the Badgers before flipping to Kentucky. That relationship between Paris and the Herros must’ve stuck around, leading to Austin earning the chance for a shot at a full-ride scholarship with an SEC program.

Austin’s older brother Tyler, who is only just 23, played one year at Kentucky in 2018-19 and was named to the All-SEC Second Team after averaging 14.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.1 steals in 32.6 minutes per game with the Wildcats. He would enter his name into the 2019 NBA Draft and was taken No. 13 overall by the Miami Heat where he would win the league’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2021-22.

There’s another Herro brother rising up the high school ranks, as well. Class of 2025 point guard Myles Herro earned his first Division I scholarship in the spring from Cal Poly.

Some athletic genes in that family…