Northwestern gets Bryant McIntosh (2014 PG) over Purdue, Memphis, Iowa

My sincerest apologies for writing about BASKETBALL while Northwestern is murking everything in sight on the gridiron -- remember how, like, most of the reason people read this site for three-ish years was our basketball stuff? Me neither -- but alas, Chris Collins continues to be really good: Northwestern landed Bryant McIntosh, a Class of 2014 point guard who is supposedly quite a land.

McIntosh, a 6'3 180-pounder from Greensburg (Ind.), had originally committed to Indiana State, but while watching him at the state championships, Travis Miller of Hammer and Rails noted that he looked way better than the talent you'd expect from a player committed to Indiana State. Upon reopening, he's a three-star dude who garnered interest from schools like Purdue, Memphis, Creighton, and Iowa. It's always nice for Northwestern to get a guy other schools actually wanted, you guys.

I, obviously, don't track down high school basketball players, but it seems like things are coming together nicely between him and Vic Law (Gavin Skelly didn't cause a ton of waves in the recruiting world, but some players that you can say that about have become good for Northwestern.) Those who do have nice things to say (and sure, some of them are just saying nice things because their jobs are saying nice things about Northwestern basketball recruits, but, still, I'm allowed to get excited, right?):

HUGE more like it. RT @NMedlineFOX: Our story on Bryant McIntosh (@bryantmac30) to #Northwestern. Huge pickup: http://t.co/NZItqHGLBZ

— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) September 10, 2013

McIntosh; "I’ll be shocked if we don’t make (tourney) by my sophomore year. I believe in the guys we having coming in.”

— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) September 10, 2013

!!! Although obviously he's going to say that.

Here's how it went down: McIntosh told me he wrote "ALL" and "IN" on 2 poker chips. Collins had told him #Northwestern was all-in w/him.

— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) September 10, 2013

Okay that's kinda cool.

3-star guard and new Cat @BryantMac30 averaged 17 points and 7.5 assists per game last year for Greensburg (Ind.). #Northwestern

— Louie Vaccher (@WildcatReport) September 10, 2013

Collins gets a lights-out shooter who can throw down alley-oop dunks. McIntosh will put fans in seats.

— Nick Medline (@NMedlineFOX) September 10, 2013

Collins gets a lights-out shooter who can throw down alley-oop dunks. McIntosh will put fans in seats.

— Nick Medline (@NMedlineFOX) September 10, 2013

Highlights! Well produced highlights with pretty listenable music!

From McIntosh's perspective, dude made a modestly alright photoshop:

Surprise surprise. #GoCats! #NU #BigCats pic.twitter.com/GRNUE5qrXA

— Bryant McIntosh (@BryantMac30) September 10, 2013

So dude's background picture is Stephen Curry and he wears No. 30, and he looks sorta EXACTLY like Stephen Curry, which I can deal with.