2015 SG Matt Milon (Boston College Commit)

[Bluejay Bilas]

Boston College commit.

[R to the OB]

Makes getting McQuaid even more important. Felt like Milon was our back-up plan. Not an option now.

[LJay]

Wow.

[westojay]

Makes getting McQuaid even more important. Felt like Milon was our back-up plan. Not an option now.

Agreed. I thought we had a really good shot at Milon. Not sure there are any more shooter type players if we don't get McQuaid.

[Duke1Agn]

Wow. Really surprised about this.

[mredle]

Wow. Really surprised about this.

Why? The kid is from ACC and SEC territory. He's playing in the ACC.and maybe he was worried about getting shut out while CU waits for McQuaid to make his decision. Maybe he liked being BCs guy.

[Duke1Agn]

Boston College is a wonderful school, but their basketball program hasn't been a relevant since like 2009, and they posted an 8-24 record last year. They also have a first year coach. Not necessarily surprised he committed elsewhere, but surprised we didn't even make it to his scheduled visit. So it goes.

[Bluejay Bilas]

We’re not Kentucky or Duke. As fans, we can’t expect a recruit who is at or toward the top of another high major’s list of targets to wait and see if we fail to get a commit from a prospect who is above him in our list.

With some of our targets we seem to have a first come, first served approach (of course, if that were truly the case, we’d have 3 or 4 commits, already). But, when McQuaid decommitted, it quickly became clear that he was the staff’s #1 2015 priority and that another shooting guard was only going to seriously come into the picture if McQuaid chose someone else. After all, McQuaid backed away from SMU after they landed a SG transfer from Virginia Tech (not sure if that was the direct cause, but it’s hard to ignore the timing). No way was/is this staff going to risk its #1 target by bringing in Milon, Shamet, or another SG. Creighton can’t beat UT, Michigan State or Indiana by acting the same way that those schools do. For top prospects, until we prove that we’re a consistent top 20 or so program, we must sell the ability for them to play a more significant role here than at a program that brings in a top 100 guy at their position every year. We, as fans who know everything that a CU hoops scholarship offers, may know that it’s as good of a place as any to play basketball in the nation. But, with the average recruit, we’re still at a significant perception disadvantage vis a vis at least a couple of dozen of the bigger name programs.

[ictjay]

Well put Bilas +1

[LJay]

So BC got another commit today from a 6'5 shooting guard, Jerome Robinson out of N Carolina.

Whatever.