re: LSU BBALL #19 in ESPN BBALL Index

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And o yea, why didn't we get Gathers from Riverside??? Didn't he say something like "Coach Johnson didn't show much interest in me"?

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“It’s a shame because when Ricardo was a sophomore and junior, Trent spent a lot of time here,” Byrd said. “This is not a two-month process. It’s been going on since he’s been a sophomore. It’s not like he didn’t lift a finger. He’d put so much time in (prior to this season), I’m sure he had to feel good about their position. I think it’s just he was trying to focus on his (LSU) team. ”

Byrd said he only recalled Johnson attending one Riverside game this season, but said the LSU coach was much more of a regular in seasons past. In recent months, Byrd said LSU assistant Brent Scott — who’d built a close relationship with Gathers through the years — handled most of the recruiting.

Johnson watched Riverside beat Scotlandville last month."

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Greg Gathers, Ricardo’s older brother, said the decision to attend Baylor was based more on what the Bears could offer than what LSU could not.

“I don’t know what was said exactly,” Greg Gathers said of his brother’s comments, “but it came off wrong. All he was doing was just speaking his mind. He’s not a bad kid. He has a 3.5 grade-point average. He’s never been in trouble or anything.”

Riverside Coach Says Johnson Kept LSU in the Mix for Gathers

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