2014 Wing Leon Gilmore III (Signed)

[Bluejay Bilas]

So much for your birthday theory...

Still plenty of time in my 36 to 48 hour window, but it's not looking good for my birthday idea/hope.

No more recruiting predictions from me for at least a week or so.

[FreddyMac]

We really, really need this kid. Not only does he have the size and athleticism to help us compete in the Big East but his is a position of serious need. He's got to be our number 1 priority based on his skills and our current roster so losing him would be a big, big blow.

[Bluejay Bilas]

We really, really need this kid. Not only does he have the size and athleticism to help us compete in the Big East but his is a position of serious need. He's got to be our number 1 priority based on his skills and our current roster so losing him would be a big, big blow.

Exactly. It seems like we're in a good position with Gilmore, but the complete lack of news makes it tough to know (thank you to Gilmore's mom for providing some feedback to us fans). As with all of our targets, it's partially a result of the existing Creighton hoops news sources. (W&BR is the best for what it is, but those guys have full-time non-Creighton gigs. I like the fact that Bluejay Report exists, and hope the coverage continues to expand. But now, it's pretty fledgling. Until Matt goes, Rivals is about what you'd expect from a completely self-centered New England-based radio guy. Pivovar's great, but his understandable feelings about recruiting means that unlike what the fans of a lot of other college basketball teams can expect, Creighton's local paper provides essentially no recruiting news until someone verbals or signs. Even Barfknecht puts out some UNL hoops recruiting pieces these days, although maybe some of it is related to what different staffs divulge.)

Some of the other programs that have been interested in Gilmore generally have more recruiting reporting/speculation than Creighton does. The fact that very little is out there suggests that Creighton may be in the lead and/or his mom and him are doing a very nice job of keeping some of these third parties out of the picture.

Anyway, I believe that the staff can hit the recruiting trail starting next Monday, so I'm assuming that unless there are major developments in the next couple of days, trips will soon be made to the greater metro areas of Houston, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milwaukee, Charlotte, and presumably some other spots to check in on our 2014 and 2015 targets.

Sort of related is this piece that I read yesterday:

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/59405534/

[Bluejay Bilas]

Tweet saying Creighton, Texas Tech and Houston in contention, with Marquette recently making contact. To have home visits soon.

https://twitter.com/hshopefuls/status/3 ... 2709844992

[T-bone]

A tweet from John Lucas tonight says he is a special talent. Come on Leon! Be a Jay!!!

[Jaysker12]

I'm glad that out of the myriad Texas schools, the ones 'in contention' are Tech and UH. It's always an uphill battle against home state schools, but we at least aren't competing against Baylor, Texas, or SMU.

It puzzles me that Marquette is contacting LGIII. They already have a verbal from 6'7 combo forward named Malek Harris.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... ris-139675

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/baske ... lek-harris

[gtmoBlue]

Be a Bluejay Leon...

Maybe the Warriors have concerns regarding Harris and the NCAA Clearinghouse? Make that the Golden Eagles...

[AttyAlum]

Tonight is Gilmore's home visit with Houston.

[Fake Father Lannon]

Tonight is Gilmore's home visit with Houston.

*gulp*

Bad gut feeling about this... Hopefully it was just the tacos I had tonight...

[Jet915]

Well, the visit is over and no announcment of a commit yet....so I guess that's a good sign? Hopefully CU will visit his home soon.