Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Thinking Big Notre Dame is chasing frontcourt players in 2014-15 recruiting class By Wes Morgan T he spring live period featured plenty of movement by the Notre Dame men's basketball coaching staff, with scholarship offers extended to four class of 2014 big men and a five-star center near the top of the 2015 crop. With forward Jack Cooley having exhausted his eligibility at the end of the 2012-13 season, and fellow forwards Tom Knight and Garrick Sherman set to finish out their careers next year, reloading in the paint is crucial moving forward. Checking In On Reid Travis Whether it's playing small forward, quarterback or both, Reid Travis is still trying to figure out what the future holds at the college level. Until the 2014 Minneapolis De La Salle athlete decides, he'll continue to hear what basketball and football programs have to say this summer. The 6-7, 235-pounder, who received an offer from Notre Dame earlier this spring, is currently ranked as the No. 59 overall prospect in the 2014 class, the No. 14 small forward in the country and the No. 3 player in Minnesota by 247Sports. The four-star player said he's learned to put blinders on during evaluation periods and Travis, who is also drawing interest as a football player, is rated as a four-star recruit, the No. 14 small forward in the land and the No. 59 overall prospect in the class of 2014 by 247Sports. photo courtesy 247sports tries to ignore the host of college head coaches on the sidelines. Travis helped lead his prep team to its second straight Class 3A state title this past year and was named the Associated Press Minnesota Co-Player of the Year along with Apple Valley junior point guard Tyus Jones, who also plays for AAU squad Howard Pulley. Travis has offers to play both sports at Iowa, Boston College and Harvard (need-based financial aid), and also holds more than 30 basketball offers. He has an older brother, junior forward Jonah Travis, who plays for the Crimson, and a cousin, Ross Travis,