Rishad Gaston

[Juice]

Pretty sure that's LA's point. It's never happened, so no reason to save scholarships worrying about it happening now.

I quoted the wrong guy, my mistake. I agree with LA.

[casualfan]

As time goes on without any word on a possible commitment I'm starting to think we may have passed.

[ammtd34]

As time goes on without any word on a possible commitment I'm starting to think we may have passed.

He visited this weekend.

[casualfan]

He visited this weekend.

That's exactly my point. The further away we get from him leaving campus the more I think the possibility of him committing drops.

For a commitment to happen both parties need to be ready for the marriage.

In this case, with this guy's other options being Dayton (maybe), Kent State, and USF I think he'd be jumping at the chance to come here.

Since he hasn't committed that tells me it is likely the other side holding things up.

In other words, I'm thinking we decided to pass.

[Juice]

That's exactly my point. The further away we get from him leaving campus the more I think the possibility of him committing drops.

For a commitment to happen both parties need to be ready for the marriage.

In this case, with this guy's other options being Dayton (maybe), Kent State, and USF I think he'd be jumping at the chance to come here.

Since he hasn't committed that tells me it is likely the other side holding things up.

In other words, I'm thinking we decided to pass.

That's not accurate at all.

[casualfan]

That's not accurate at all.

Ok, fair enough.

Would expect we'll be getting word of a commit soon then because the competition for him is very weak.

[mistabeecee41]

COMMIT. XAVIER.

from my top secret sources

(okay I lied, Shannon just tweeted).

[KabeX]

Gaston committed. Welcome to the Muskie family.

[kyxu]

Must sit a year, and has just one year of eligibility remaining. Hopefully, he can contribute right away.

[xufan02]

I guess I'm just a bit disappointed in the recruiting thus far this year. I really thought with last year's recruiting class, this year's success in the tourney, BE conference, that Xavier would have a recruit or two already in hand. Arg.

I can understand your frustration if you are talking about immediately eligible transfers, 5th year, or sit out transfers. Gaston committing will help in that regard. As far as 2016 guys, I'm not really worried. Of our 6 commits in the 2014 class only one committed before the July recruiting period, Sumner. All the other guys committed between August and October, and Larry Austin was a late signee. Some kids just take time. I would much rather get solid verbals later then a early verbal and a de-commit, ala DSR.