Reid Travis is the first of the "Big Three" Minnesota recruits to start taking official visits. The 6-7, 235-pound forward got back from his first trip -- a weekend at Gonzaga, one of the schools that has made the Minneapolis native's mysterious short list. I caught up with him at the Howard Pulley Pro City League at the High Performance Academy to chat with him about his experience in Spokane and what's on deck for the rising senior.
You just got back from your Gonzaga official -- how'd it go? It went well, it was nice just to meet the players and kind of view campus and stuff like that, just get a feel for what they're about.
That was your first official and the first school with a chance to really roll out the red carpet for you – were you at all tempted to commit right away? Haha, no. It was good but I still want to explore all my options. It was a nice basis so when I take other officials I can kind of compare and contrast. So that's nice.
What did you like the most about it? I think just the community itself – basketball is such a big part of it out there and everyone just loves the basketball players. And then just the family aspect. It is a smaller school, so everyone just feels like a tight community, and I really like that.
I know you said you wanted to take all of your officials by the end of the summer. Do you have any others set up right now? No, I'm talking to some schools trying to get some football games set up, but nothing scheduled right now.
You've mentioned wanting to visit Stanford -- have they officially offered yet, or are they still waiting on academic scores and such? It's in the making, they're still trying to get my scores and see where my GPA is at.
I suppose you can't official there until they've actually offered. No, no, I'll probably have to wait until August and see where I'm at academically and then set it up.
What about Minnesota -- have you worked on setting anything up with them? I haven't talked to them too much in detail, just because I'm so close and I feel like we can set it up anytime. So there hasn't been too much pressure there.