LincolnIlliniFan
- Lincoln, IL
Would love to know were you're hearing this from. Are you saying he's opening up his recruitment again?
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (July-August 2016)
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Would love to know were you're hearing this from. Are you saying he's opening up his recruitment again?
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[FONT="]Joe Henricksen @joehoopsreport 41m41 minutes ago [/FONT]
[FONT="]With return of Jeremiah Tilmon to East St. Louis, the Class of 2017 in Illinois has a new top college prospect. Hoops Report's top three ...[/FONT]
[FONT="]Joe Henricksen @joehoopsreport 40m40 minutes ago [/FONT]
[FONT="]... 1. Jeremiah Tilmon ... 2. Althoff's Jordan Goodwin ... 3. Stevenson's Justin Smith[/FONT]
[FONT="]With return of Jeremiah Tilmon to East St. Louis, the Class of 2017 in Illinois has a new top college prospect. Hoops Report's top three ...[/FONT]
[FONT="]Joe Henricksen @joehoopsreport 40m40 minutes ago [/FONT]
[FONT="]... 1. Jeremiah Tilmon ... 2. Althoff's Jordan Goodwin ... 3. Stevenson's Justin Smith[/FONT]
I honestly don't see him opening up his recruitment. He has said many times that loyalty is important to him and if he wasn't 100% committed then don't see him committing like he did. I understand many kids say these things but I believe that Tillman actually believes it
On bright side would love to see him take Mr Basketball from Goodwin
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So we've got Jeremiah, Roy and MOB reassuring us. I'm good to go. Actually I'm always good to go. Who ever shows up at the beginning of a season is who I root for. But having followed Illini basketball since before the Slush Fund days, I will say it was a lot easier following recruiting before the internet. I'm sure all this in and out, back and forth, school wars and rumor of wars went on all the time back in the day, we just never heard about it.
[FONT="]the tweeting tupac @robjilla [/FONT]
[FONT="]@michaelsobrien i know its early but do u feel this affects his commitment since he is closer to slu now?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michael O'Brien Verified account @michaelsobrien [/FONT]
[FONT="]@robjilla I wouldn’t think so.[/FONT]
[FONT="]the tweeting tupac @robjilla [/FONT]
[FONT="]@michaelsobrien i know its early but do u feel this affects his commitment since he is closer to slu now?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michael O'Brien Verified account @michaelsobrien [/FONT]
[FONT="]@robjilla I wouldn’t think so.[/FONT]
You should have stopped with the first one and it could have been more believable
I feel pretty confident in saying slu isn't stealing JT. Now, I don't know anything, and I'm not saying he won't reopen, but if he did it wouldn't be to go to slu. Slu offers him nothing except for a payday, which he will get in the NBA anyway. I can understand Goodwin taking that kind of offer, he's unlikely to make the NBA, but JT will make millions. He's not going to risk a penny of those potential earnings to go play in the A10 and get minimal exposure. He wants to be a lottery pick. He could have gone to a blue blood... if he opens his recruitment its going to be to go to a better school than UI, he's not going to slu.
Tilmon just reconfirmed his commitment, there is an article out.
After turning down bluebloods to play for us there's no way he would decommit for SLU.He's Illini all the way.
ChiCityHoops34
- DeKalb IL
He is saying he's committed to U of I through and through but might pull a football version of I'm still committed but will take visits.
Gonna be white knuckle until November.
These articles and quotes don't mean anything. Tilmon isn't going to say he's unsure about his commitment. At least, not publicly.
LincolnIlliniFan
- Lincoln, IL
That's not a thing in CBB. Football, yes but not in college basketball very often. He's an Illini through and through.
ChiCityHoops34
- DeKalb IL
If he goes to the Phog, see ya.
Is this what you are hearing or is this a "well it's Kansas, we can't beat them" statement?
This sounds a lot like the emails that corporations send out to all the other employees after they fire someone.
Tilmon's his own man. Plus his mom would set him straight if he did happen to waver.
You people that are getting all worked up are crazy. If anything Tilmon will be closer to put pressure on Goodwin to rethink his crazy decision. It won't be the other way around. Like has already been mentioned Tilmon was never going to SLU and Goodwin was never going to UNC, KU, etc that wanted Tilmon. The only way they play together is UofI.
If you think Tilmon made his decision before Goodwin yet only really wanted to come if his buddy did then you are off your rocker. There was no reason Tilmon couldn't wait until after Goodwin committed if that was that big of a factor in the whole thing. Bottom line is he picked the school HE wanted to go to and has been quite solid in that commitment.
Finally the move back to ESL makes some sense in that the rankings are what they are for the 17 class at this point. Exposure means very little from here on out for prospects. He doesn't really need to be at LaLu to keep himself in the Top 30 range. He effectively traded a chance at the mythical national championship of HS bball and very good academics to be closer to his family for his final year before embarking on a career that can take him anywhere. Can't blame him for wanting that one last year of being with the family.
If you think Tilmon made his decision before Goodwin yet only really wanted to come if his buddy did then you are off your rocker. There was no reason Tilmon couldn't wait until after Goodwin committed if that was that big of a factor in the whole thing. Bottom line is he picked the school HE wanted to go to and has been quite solid in that commitment.
Finally the move back to ESL makes some sense in that the rankings are what they are for the 17 class at this point. Exposure means very little from here on out for prospects. He doesn't really need to be at LaLu to keep himself in the Top 30 range. He effectively traded a chance at the mythical national championship of HS bball and very good academics to be closer to his family for his final year before embarking on a career that can take him anywhere. Can't blame him for wanting that one last year of being with the family.
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