JohnJ
04-16-2007, 06:51 PM
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070416/SPT0202/704160343/1035/SPT
By Victoria Sun
Post staff reporter
When Lil Wayne’s "You Ain’t Know" began playing on Willie Warren’s mobile device at 1 a.m. CT on Sunday morning alerting him he had a text message, he was pleasantly surprised to see the sender was University of Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie.
"That just shows me he's dedicated and when he sees something he wants, he goes after it," Warren said Sunday. "I thought, what is he doing up right now?
"It was 2 a.m. Kentucky time. Once he started texting me, I figured out he wanted me pretty badly."
Gillispie recruited Warren when he was still the head coach at Texas A&M and has made an even stronger attempt to land Warren, a 6-foot-4 guard from North Crowley High School (Fort Worth, Texas) since he was named UK's 21st head coach less than two weeks ago.
"He's wants me to commit now, but my mom wants me to wait," said Warren, who averaged 24.7 points, 4.7 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game as a junior. "He has told me that I can make an impact right away." ...
By Victoria Sun
Post staff reporter
When Lil Wayne’s "You Ain’t Know" began playing on Willie Warren’s mobile device at 1 a.m. CT on Sunday morning alerting him he had a text message, he was pleasantly surprised to see the sender was University of Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie.
"That just shows me he's dedicated and when he sees something he wants, he goes after it," Warren said Sunday. "I thought, what is he doing up right now?
"It was 2 a.m. Kentucky time. Once he started texting me, I figured out he wanted me pretty badly."
Gillispie recruited Warren when he was still the head coach at Texas A&M and has made an even stronger attempt to land Warren, a 6-foot-4 guard from North Crowley High School (Fort Worth, Texas) since he was named UK's 21st head coach less than two weeks ago.
"He's wants me to commit now, but my mom wants me to wait," said Warren, who averaged 24.7 points, 4.7 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game as a junior. "He has told me that I can make an impact right away." ...