Cali PG Andrew Bock Commits to Creighton

On By @gtmoblueIn Div 1 Basketball - Recruiting

From Hoopmasters –

We received an email from IEBP (Inland Empire) club director Keith Howard and he informed us that his fast rising point guard Andrew Bock from Rialto, CA Eisenhower had committed to Creighton after visiting the Mo Valley School over the weekend. Scout Inc. rates Bock as the #37 PG (#2 in Cal.) in the country for 2009.

“The coaching staff made a strong commitment to me over the summer by attending all my games,” Andrew Bock said. “In addition, they believe I will help them continue to win conference titles”.

That winning tradition was paramount in his decison to head to the Mo Valley power. As was the opportunity to play as a freshman too.

Bock has the ability to knock down perimeter jumper from top of key or off the dribble attacking “D”. He is an excellent passer who has excellent court vision and can deliver rock to open man with accuracy. He is a smart player with solid basketball I.Q. who fits into the Bluejays offensive structure.

Click title to go to Hoopmasters article.

Also ESPN Recruiting update: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/briefingroom

Jays vs Big 5 should be a Permanent EC Stop

On By @gtmoblueIn Sports - Men's

Creighton – Philly

Could be a match made in Heaven. Philadelphia is a major media market, a recruiting hotbed with scores of recruits, and home to the Big Five. It is a natural basketball mecca.

Creighton has had the benefit of playing Philly area teams over the last couple of years, in Drexel and St. Joe’s. The fans in the Philadelphia area and Jays fans are becoming used to seeing the Jays in town – this year at the Palestra. Drexel is not an official member of the Big 5, and the Dragons are in a rebuilding mode.

This trend is one we should continue. Jays are becoming a fixture that the fans in Philadelphia look forward to – as a non-conference gauge for their teams. And…You can’t get a ‘bad’ game in Philly.

The BIG 5: St. Joe’s and Penn are steady. Temple and LaSalle are rapidly rising due to great recruiting years. Villanova is still at the Top of the pile in Philly.

Most promising games would be a continuation of the St. Joes’s series and the addition of a LaSalle or Temple series. LaSalle article link below:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/20080917_Glen_Mills__Murray_commits_to_La_Salle.html

Coach John Giannini returns the most scoring and rebounding of any Atlantic 10 school. And now the program has added a colossal recruit, certainly the biggest since Giannini took over five seasons ago, and the most highly-regarded for quite some time. Building via transfers and recruiting, LaSalle is on course to a return to prominence.

Creighton should work to maintain this Philadelphia link with the A-10 and expand it to include all the Big Five schools (on a rotational basis). There are no bad basketball games in Philly.