Monday, December 7, 2009

How did Kyle Gibson get out of southern California?

Does anyone know the answer?

To the question of how Dorsey High's (Los Angeles) Kyle Gibson signed on with Louisiana Tech?

Gibson played for his father at Dorsey High. He averaged 23 points per game as a senior and was an All-City selection since his sophomore season so his bonafides were established and his talent/potential well known.

He got his feet wet as a Bulldog freshman and has been a mainstay ever since then for the LA TECH program.

So why didn't one of the many colleges/universities throughout California gobble up the young man? Please do not take any of this as anywhere remotely close to being pejorative -- it's simply an 'inquiring minds want to know' thing.

Was Gibson somehow overlooked? Was he not ranked among the better players in SoCal as a senior? Did the recruiting 'herd mentality' strike?

1 comment:

Bret H. McCormick said...

Kevin,

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.