Lawson Official Visit on Monday the 18th… Seal the Deal!

FIBA Under 18 tourney ends tonight (Canada vs USA)…A J visits on Monday.  Lawson is a Top 40 kid in the 2019 rankings and has reclassed to 2018.  2nd visit of his cycle is at Creighton, having been to favorite So. Carolina prior to the FIBA tourney.  I really like A J for our team and we play his style of play.  B A Bluejay A J!

6-7, 175 PG, but can play 4 positions.  Good defender and excellent offensive talent.  One of the standouts at the FIBA tourney in Canada this week.

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Seal the Deal Jays!

.@ItsAJLawson! @CanBball #FIBAU18Americas

http://fiba.com/subYT 
http://u18americas.basketball 

BOOM!  Connor Cashaw’s a Jay!

Stealth… surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.  One of the many definitions of the word.  This recruitment of Rice graduate transfer SG Connor Cashaw, definitely fits the bill.  Nary a word…of his being on the market, nor his interest in/interest by Creighton.  Nothing on the blogs, the media, nada.  Until BOOM this morning.

https://frshoopz.com/cbb/rothstein-creighton-adds-grad-transfer-from-rice/

Rothstein breaks the story this AM.

BJU’s Polyfro (Publisher) said:

2018 Grad Transfer Connor Cashaw (Commit)

by Polyfro » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:13 pm

Jon Rothstein

✔@JonRothstein

Rice grad transfer Connor Cashaw has committed to Creighton, per a source. Immediately eligible. Averaged 15.5 PPG.

11:02 – 7 Jun 2018

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BOOM.

Cashaw averaged 15.5 points and 7.1 boards a game for Rice last year; his shooting percentages to get those 15 points aren’t amazing (39.8% overall, 31.9% from three) but the 7 rebounds a game, 40 steals, and positive assist-to-turnover ratio are hard to ignore. Good stuff.

Jays recruited him a bit out of high school, where he was teammates with Jalen Brunson. Great pickup this late — and way under the radar. There had been rumors swirling about him being available, and about CU being interested, for the last week or so but the staff managed to keep it on the super-secret-DL so no other schools tried to poach him. There was not one social media post, or media report, about him either being available as a grad transfer or about his interest in CU. No drama with pitting schools against one another, or list of final candidates, nothing. He visited over the weekend but the couple of people outside of the staff who knew about it were sworn to secrecy. A player of Cashaw’s ability, this late in the summer, would have had dozens of suitors if anyone but Creighton knew he was transferring.

Looks like it worked 

Matt DeMarinis‏ @mjdemarinis 2h2 hours ago

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Out of respect for his former school Connor Cashaw wanted to keep his recruitment under the radar. His desire to develop more as a leader was a big factor in why he chose Creighton. The #Jays needed that, too, with only one senior on the current roster.

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There is a 5 page thread on Ramblermania discussing Cashaw’s recruitment predating any news of his commitment, if anybody is interested in learning more detail. The thread is titled “Loyola Coach Porter Moser on Lack of Respect”.
http://www.ramblermania.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=12

I know none of this matters anymore, but I just wanted to let Creighton fans know there was more to the story than what was related here.

Dan Bailey‏ @JaysStrength 5h5 hours ago

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Great to have these ⁦@BluejayMBB⁩ newcomers on campus this summer. Awesome first week of training in the bank! ⁦@chris_bishop13⁩ ⁦@MZegarowski1⁩ ⁦@sfrol13⁩ ⁦@jcanf_15⁩ @_dmahoney34 #BigEastHoops – at Championship Center

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