Peyton Siva commits to Louisville

by Mike Rutherford on May 16, 2008 12:00 PM EDT in News

Oh. Snap.

Peyton Siva, one of the top 20 players nationally in the Class of 2009, has given a verbal commitment to the University of Louisville.

The 5-foot-11 Siva is considered one of the top point guards in the nation and was one of the top targets for the U of L coaching staff in the '09 class.

Siva is from Seattle (Wash.) Franklin and plays for the same Seattle Rotary Select AAU team that produced current U of L star Terrence Williams.

He picked U of L over Kansas, Arizona and Washington.

Siva is billed as a do-it-all point guard with both the quickness and the outside shot to be a floor general in the Big East. With Andre McGee heading into his senior season and Edgar Sosa graduating in 2010, Rick Pitino knew landing a blue chip ball handler was paramount, and now he's landed the one he was after.

Already having a player on the roster from Seattle didn't hurt.

"(T-Will) said he likes it a lot and it's his second home," Siva told Scout.com's Evan Daniels. "I thought it was a great place. He obviously loves it because he's going back for another year."

Siva - who averaged 19 points and five assists as a junior at Franklin High School in Seattle - joins Rakeem Buckles and Mike Marra as members of Pitino's 2009 recruiting class.

Meet your future point guard:

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Well done

Another nice get for you guys. Congrats!

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by TheFakeGimelMartinez on May 16, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

The traditional way

Filling recruiting classes with top shelf talent is a lot of fun. I remember the days when we were dying to get a player that some might have heard of (like Ben Eze or Mohammed Lesage). Now its one top flight player after another.

He Hate UK

by orlandocard on May 16, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions

I smell a run

The four to five year now Rick is ready to retire having added a ring or two plus a few Final Four appearances Tom gets a raise the new arena is filled to the rafters with even more new banners U of L has players drafted on lottery day kind of run.

Whew.

by BR on May 17, 2008 5:09 PM EDT reply actions