More on Damian Lillard from rmbnews.com:
"Top five Point guard Verbals to Weber State
Weber State's recent success and the hard work that coach Randy Rahe has done selling the basketball program are starting to pay dividends in the recruiting wars. The Wildcats have landed one of the top five point guards on the West Coast, according to several recruiting publications. Damian Lillard, a 5-foot-11 senior from Oakland High in California called off several official visits he had scheduled to bigger programs and orally committed to Weber State on Thursday. Last week, the Wildcats got a pledge from one of the best big men in Utah, Clearfield senior Nick Thompson. Lillard visited Weber State and St. Mary's a few weeks ago, and said he liked Weber better at that time. He was also drawing interest from Colorado State, Boise State and San Diego. Weber State's recent success and the hard work that coach Randy Rahe has done selling the basketball program are starting to pay dividends in the recruiting wars. The Wildcats just landed one of the top five point guards on the West Coast, according to the Web site scouthoops.com. Damian Lillard, a 5-foot-11 senior from Oakland called off several official visits he had scheduled to bigger programs and orally committed to Weber State on Wednesday. "It was the right fit for me and my family," Lillard told recruiting analyst Greg Hicks. "They were very sincere in what they were saying and they were the first school recruiting me.""