Elliot Cadeau is a basketball player who attends Link Academy in Branson, Missouri. Standing at 6 ft 1 in tall, he plays the point guard position. He is a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2024 recruiting class. He has committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels. Born in the United States, he represents Sweden internationally. Cadeau attended The Patrick School in Hillside, New Jersey, for seventh and eighth grade. During this time he helped his club team, Sports U/Team IZOD, win the 2019 Under Armour Nationals. Cadeau began his high school career at Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey. He served as the Crusaders' starting point guard during his freshman season, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cadeau averaged 11.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, leading his team to a 7–2 record. He was named to the MaxPreps Freshman All-American First Team. Cadeau missed his entire sophomore season due to a high ankle sprain he suffered during a scrimmage against Gill St. Bernard's School in December 2021. He transferred to Link Academy in Branson, Missouri, ahead of his junior year. Cadeau plays for New Heights Lightning on the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) circuit. He was named to the EYBL All-Underclassman team in 2021, and earned All-EYBL Third Team honors in 2022. Cadeau is widely regarded as the top point guard in the class of 2024. In September 2022, Cadeau took his first official visit to Texas Tech, which he described as his dream school growing up. This was followed by a visit to North Carolina the following month. On December 28, 2022, Cadeau committed to coach Hubert Davis of North Carolina. Cadeau played a tournament in Sweden with his middle school team and caught the attention of the country's national team coaches when they discovered he had Swedish heritage. He was invited to the national under-15 team training camp and helped the team take first place at the 2019 North Sea Development Basketball Cup held in Denmark, averaging 9.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Cadeau was subsequently called up to the national under-16 team ahead of the 2020 Baltic Sea Basketball Cup held in Estonia, where he helped Sweden win the gold medal. Cadeau led the national under-18 team to a gold medal at the 2021 Under-18 Nordic Championships. He was unable to repeat this feat at the following year's edition, where Sweden finished fourth. In the opening game against Estonia, Cadeau recorded 40 points, seven rebounds and five steals. He was named the MVP of the tournament. Cadeau helped Sweden win a gold medal at the 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B in Romania, averaging 21.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game. He recorded 36 points, five rebounds, four assists, and four steals in the championship game victory against Denmark, earning tournament MVP honors. Cadeau received his first call-up to the senior national team in November 2021 ahead of a pair of FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Finland and Slovenia. Being that he was only 17 years old, he called the decision completely unexpected. Cadeau made his senior debut on 24 February 2023 against Germany in a 2023 World Cup qualifying game in Frankfurt, and he recorded four points and one steal in seven minutes of play.