News and Notes for Friday

Lots of news over the last few days on the recruiting front, here are some updates:

• For starters it appears that Darin Johnson has cut his list to 7 schools and the Zags are no longer being considered. He is supposedly still going to visit both UCLA and WSU despite them not making his final 7.
• Like we previously mentioned, JUCO wing Chris Griffin will visit the Zags soon and has officially scheduled to come to Spokane on September 15th. His offer list seems to be growing, looks like the Zags have been lucky to get in early on him.
• Minnesota Class of 2014 Forward, Reid Travis has been hearing from the Zags. He is a two sport star (Basketball and Football) who has drawn some comparisons in other outlets to Elias Harris, i almost wonder though if we should be comparing him to current Denver Broncos QB Brock Osweiler who committed to the Zags early and then spurned us to play football at Arizona St., definitely an intriguing prospect though. We should have a write up on him soon, for now here is an excerpt from an interview he gave to sportsauthoritynetwork.com:

"TSAN: You have a very aggressive and hard working demeanor on the court. What do you attribute that to? What are you working on to improve your game?

RT: I attribute it to always playing on older teams growing up and having to work that much harder so it just carries over. And I’m just working lately on trying too make my mid range Jump shot consistent.

TSAN: You had a chance to play against Rashad Vaughn, from Robbinsdale Cooper, at the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic and beat them 64-61. How sweet was the win?

RT: It was a good game. Its always exciting to win a big out of confrence game on a stage like that.

TSAN: Northwestern offered you a scholarship shortly after that game, correct? What other schools are you hearing from right now?

RT: Yes, but I’m hearing from Creighton, Florida State, Detroit, Michigan State, NDSU, UND, DePaul, Stanford, Boston College, Butler, Wisconsin, George Mason, South Dakota, Gonzaga, Iowa, Nebraska, Iowa state and Minnesota.

TSAN: What are you hearing from the Gophers?

RT: I’m hearing some interests from the Gophers

TSAN: Have you been able to see any games at Williams Arena this season?

RT: Yes, I went to the NDSU game

TSAN: You also finished up a great football season as QB for De La Salle do you have a favorite sport or does it depend on the season?

RT: it depends on the season for the most part.

TSAN: Do you have hopes to play both sports at the next level or do you plan to pick one?

RT:  I plan too just pick one when it comes to make a decision but it would be nice to play both so I won’t totally say it’s not an option."

• Rem Bakamus a 5-11 PG from Longview, WA will be walking on with the Zags this season. Here is a great article where he gets a raving review from NBA player and former UW Husky Nate Robinson

"He's a tough kid," Robinson said. "I remember him being small and right there in the mix. Good luck to him. He's going to earn a scholarship, mark my words."

Pretty good stuff. Hope to get a chance to see Rem succeed at GU!

• Rumor has it that Jordan Matthews will be visiting Spokane on September 29th, He is first visiting Wake Forest on the 15th though, hopefully the staff will get the opportunity to woo him.

We will keep you posted as we learn more about the Zags recruiting efforts. As always, GO ZAGS!