By ADAM ZAGORIA & SAM LANCE
Matt Gilhool, the 6-foot-10, 205-pound forward from William Penn Charter (PA) and the Team Final Nike EYBL program, has made his decision.
Gilhool has committed to LSU, he told ZAGSBLOG. Ranked the No. 17 power forward in the Class of 2025 by 247Sports.com, he had a top 7 that also included Georgia Tech, Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Utah.
“I will be committing to Louisiana State University,” he told ZAGSBLOG.
“Just the feel from the coaches and the amount of love they were showing me. It just really felt like home since they started recruiting me.”
Gilhool has unique guard skills for his size because he wasn’t always a big man. In eighth grade during COVID, Gilhool grew from around 6-foot to 6-foot-7.
“I’m a versatile forward, that’s what I’m bringing to them,” he said. “That’s what they emphasized that they could really use, dribble hand-offs, playing through ball screens, pick-and-pop, pick-and-roll and just being as versatile as I can be.
“I’m 6-foot-10 and I can move a little bit,” Gilhool added of his game. “I can shoot the ball. I can put the ball on the floor. I feel a lot of people my size can’t move the way I can. And yeah, guard pretty much the three-through-five. Switching on. I switch on to basically everybody, switch on to guards. I feel like that’s pretty unique to see that.”
The forward also has a family history in athletics. His mother was a Division I hooper at American University and dominated the post at 6-foot. While his father didn’t play sports, Gilhool has three brothers who are all active athletically.
One of his older brothers, Patrick Gilhool, is a forward for York College. His other older brother, Gavin Gilhool, plays volleyball at King’s College. His youngest brother, Daniel Gilhool, played on Team Final’s 15u team this summer.
Another interesting fact about Gilhool is his love for the piano. He can play it well and knows how to perform “Breakaway,” by Kelly Clarkson.
Asked for a message for LSU fans, Gilhool said, “We’re bringing the SEC chip to Baton Rouge, for sure. And we gotta make some noise in the [NCAA] Tournament.”
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