Monday, July 19, 2004

Wes Matthrews Jr to Marquette (Updated)

It's official. GT loses out on this talented SG from Wisconsin. Link here.

Here's more on the decision - link here, with this quote:

Matthews also considered Georgia Tech, but said the school's scholarship offer this summer would have forced him to delay his decision to take an official visit this fall. He wanted to decide now, so he could have a stress-free senior year in high school.

Turns out his order of schools was Marquette, Wisc, then GT. Here's another version of the story - link here.
Although Georgia Tech was also in Matthews' final three choices for a school, it was clear that his decision came down to Marquette or Wisconsin, where his father, Wes, starred in the late 1970s and his mother, Pam Moore, played basketball and ran track.

"When it came down to Wisconsin and Marquette, it came down to who wanted me more and where I could see myself," Matthews said.

Well, we do have one PG offer out open, which is Lewis Clinch from GA - stay tuned.

One more updated link here..... and if you want more punishment, here is a photo gallery from the press conference.