Sean O'Mara '14 c 6-9 offered to Xavier

[Ta town]

Pro tip of the day:

--Don't recruit white kids with "O apostrophe" as a last name if teams from the catholic league are in on him.--

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Pro tip of the day:

--Don't recruit white kids with "O apostrophe" as a last name if teams from the catholic league are in on him.--

Why?

[shock]

Why?

[MadaboutWu]

Because the Irish mafia will come after you if you land one?

[SubGod22]

Watch what you say about the MacManus brothers.

[WSUwatcher]

from the article:
"However, the allure of playing in the newly formed Big East Conference and for a program with the tradition and facilities of Xavier ultimately won out. "

The Big East part I can understand -- although he won't arrive until after Doug McDermott has left and Creighton has therefore started to deteriorate, thus knocking the league down a peg (that's what the folks in Omaha will think, anyway). And I know Xavier has had some success, although no Final Four appearances, unlike other schools I can think of. But I'd never heard that their facilities were noteworthy. Have I missed something?

[Ta town]

The Big East part I can understand -- although he won't arrive until after Doug McDermott has left and Creighton has therefore started to deteriorate -- and I know Xavier has had some success, although no Final Four appearances (unlike other schools I can think of). But I'd never heard that their facilities were noteworthy. Have I missed something?

Xavier has very nice facilities and sells out. I think right at 10K if I recall correctly. If thats where the kid wants to be good on him. Wish he would have gone to Loyola if not Wichita but if he helps X beat the bluejays on a regular basis thats fine to.

[SubGod22]

I'll never knock a kid for choosing Xavier. They may not have a Final Four, but they have numerous Elite Eights and Sweet Sixteens and are a quality program. And their arena has a nice reputation as well.

[jocoshock]

Xavier has had a really good recruiting year this year. Only mildly suprised he didn't go to Loyola, but Xavier was the next place I expected him to go. His comments about being close to home I thought had us on the outside looking in. Having said that, the fact that we were on his top 5 and got and official visit was definitely a positive for us anyway.

[pinstripers]

A Catholic kid went to a Catholic school. No big surprise.

[WSUwatcher]

Maybe even to a Catholic school that actually acts Catholic, which is no given these days.