Wednesday evening, the first piece of Creighton’s 2018 recruiting puzzle fell into place when Christian Bishop committed to the Bluejays. A 6’8″ left-handed forward from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Bishop is a three-star (for the moment) forward ranked #140 in the Rivals150. He chose CU over offers from three schools from his backyard — Mizzou, Kansas State, and Wichita State — along with Oklahoma State and Tulsa. He’d also received interest from Kansas, taking an unofficial visit to the Jayhawks in February.
He made an unofficial visit to Creighton over the weekend, and must have liked Greg McDermott’s sales pitch because just three days later he announced his commitment on Twitter:
His emergence as a high-level prospect over the last 12 months has been a whirlwind; he was 5’8″ entering high school and saw little action on the varsity squad his first two years at Lee’s Summit West.