Kent Sterling Show CBS Sports 1430 - Eron Gordon going to Seton Hall
Q: What was it about Seton Hall that made that place a place for you?
A: Because it was a great school, it has a great campus. Coach Willard is an outstanding coach and they’re coming off a BIG EAST Championship.
Q: Are academics a big deal for you?
A: It is. You never know how long you’re going to be in school for. You just always want to get the most out of school. When you have such a high academic school you definitely want to get the most out of it.
Q: What is the thing about the process, whether it was high school whether it was AAU, that prepared you best for what you are going to do next?
A: AAU is something that is going to help me in college because the game speed is down, everything is down. Now all I have to do is make sure I put everything together and keep working on my skills. Just making sure I am a dead eye shooter and work on being a straight up point guard. I think I should be fine.
Q: What did you learn from your brothers that made this something you could get done?
A: I didn’t learn too much from EJ (Eric) because he was the number one player in the country. It was such a crazy experience because he committed to a school so early and Eric never really got to experience a real recruiting process. He really just told me ‘make sure that you are doing what’s best for you, you’re talking to people and you’re getting the most information about things.’
Q: I remember watching you when Eric played down at IU and you would get on the floor after a game and jack up threes. You and Andrew Dakich (University of Michigan point guard) would kind of stand next to each other and jack up threes. I watched and you made like 11 in a row and I was like ‘who in the world is that kid?’ – ‘Oh that’s Eric’s littler brother,’ so I don’t think anybody is surprised that you’re here. Playing on a big stage like that and understanding that was a thing that was possible – did that help motivate you?
A: Honestly, no. I think I got that feeling from when I was actually here at Westlane (Middle School). When I was a little kid I definitely dreamt about doing that and I saw everything with Eric, but when I was here, I was considered a top 10 player in the country and I really got that feeling of making sure I do everything the correct way and the right way.
Q: What have you learned over the course of the last year during the recruiting process that made it easy for you to make this choice?
A: Over the past year its been a lot of up and down for me, just from transferring and there was a lot of school that came and left. I really learned a lot from the aspect that college is a business. That is one thing that I didn’t really experience with Eric and Evan, but it really is a business. Schools are here and schools are there and even with high school, its somewhat of a business there too. I learned that everything that you have to do has to be the best fit for you.
Q: Was it tough for you going through the recruiting process and having schools kind of cycle in and out?
A: Yeah. It was tough because I’ve been recruited since I was in 9th grade. I wasn’t even sure what high school I was going to [and] people were asking me what college I was going to [when] I didn’t even know what high school I was going to. A lot of things were mismatched and backwards. When I transferred I looked at different scenarios, if I should play in the ISHA or not. Just going through all of that, it took away from really being every over kid that was in my situation looking for college. I was just trying to get over that situation. It did decline it [the process] and push it back [the process].
Q: What was it about Seton Hall that made that place a place for you?
A: Because it was a great school, it has a great campus. Coach Willard is an outstanding coach and they’re coming off a BIG EAST Championship.
Q: Are academics a big deal for you?
A: It is. You never know how long you’re going to be in school for. You just always want to get the most out of school. When you have such a high academic school you definitely want to get the most out of it.
Q: What is the thing about the process, whether it was high school whether it was AAU, that prepared you best for what you are going to do next?
A: AAU is something that is going to help me in college because the game speed is down, everything is down. Now all I have to do is make sure I put everything together and keep working on my skills. Just making sure I am a dead eye shooter and work on being a straight up point guard. I think I should be fine.
Q: What did you learn from your brothers that made this something you could get done?
A: I didn’t learn too much from EJ (Eric) because he was the number one player in the country. It was such a crazy experience because he committed to a school so early and Eric never really got to experience a real recruiting process. He really just told me ‘make sure that you are doing what’s best for you, you’re talking to people and you’re getting the most information about things.’
Q: I remember watching you when Eric played down at IU and you would get on the floor after a game and jack up threes. You and Andrew Dakich (University of Michigan point guard) would kind of stand next to each other and jack up threes. I watched and you made like 11 in a row and I was like ‘who in the world is that kid?’ – ‘Oh that’s Eric’s littler brother,’ so I don’t think anybody is surprised that you’re here. Playing on a big stage like that and understanding that was a thing that was possible – did that help motivate you?
A: Honestly, no. I think I got that feeling from when I was actually here at Westlane (Middle School). When I was a little kid I definitely dreamt about doing that and I saw everything with Eric, but when I was here, I was considered a top 10 player in the country and I really got that feeling of making sure I do everything the correct way and the right way.
Q: What have you learned over the course of the last year during the recruiting process that made it easy for you to make this choice?
A: Over the past year its been a lot of up and down for me, just from transferring and there was a lot of school that came and left. I really learned a lot from the aspect that college is a business. That is one thing that I didn’t really experience with Eric and Evan, but it really is a business. Schools are here and schools are there and even with high school, its somewhat of a business there too. I learned that everything that you have to do has to be the best fit for you.
Q: Was it tough for you going through the recruiting process and having schools kind of cycle in and out?
A: Yeah. It was tough because I’ve been recruited since I was in 9th grade. I wasn’t even sure what high school I was going to [and] people were asking me what college I was going to [when] I didn’t even know what high school I was going to. A lot of things were mismatched and backwards. When I transferred I looked at different scenarios, if I should play in the ISHA or not. Just going through all of that, it took away from really being every over kid that was in my situation looking for college. I was just trying to get over that situation. It did decline it [the process] and push it back [the process].
