The 411 on Kyle Gibson

We received a pair of responses to our query about how Louisiana Tech was able to land Kyle Gibson out of SoCal.

The first was posted as a reply to the original story by Bret H. McCormick - FYI, here is his blog:

"The story we heard at Louisiana Tech was that Tim Floyd was recruiting Kyle while he was at Southern Cal. Was really impressed with what he saw, but he didn't think Kyle was quite good enough to play at USC. Of course, he'd love to ship him off the West Coast and also help out his alma mater, so he passed a tip along to then Louisiana Tech coach Keith Richard. La. Tech looked at Gibson on tape, made the offer and the rest, as they say, is history."

Plus, this came to us anonymously:

"Gibson had a significant injury during/immediate after his senior year of high school so he received no scholarship offers. He did not attend college anywhere over the next year while getting healthy. He intended to play at nearby USC and would workout with several of the players in their offseason. Tim Floyd, Louisiana Tech grad and then USC head coach, really liked Gibson but did not have any slots open on his roster. He called his long time friend Keith Richard and made a recommendation and the rest is history."

So there we have the story behind the story. A tip o' of hat to Brett McCormick and Mr/Ms/Mrs Anonymous. Sometimes The Shadow knows, most of the time the readers know.

We had completely forgotten that Gibson came to LT when Keith Richard was the head coach.