I absolutely misspoke, I meant Metro-East. I lived in Fairview Heights and worked in STL for years and found the metro east very pro-Illini
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (September 2018)
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Chris Holtmann had an in-home yesterday with Top 50 big man Omar Payne who is also taking an OV there next weekend. https://247sports.com/Player/Omar-Payne-45572993/
Seems like Liddell is still open to all 3, and Ohio State is not going to stop recruiting.
I think OSU only has 1 ride left to give for '19 with Carton and Gaffney committed.
Definitely, something to watch if Payne commits, then I am guessing the pick is ILL for Liddell.
Seems like Liddell is still open to all 3, and Ohio State is not going to stop recruiting.
I think OSU only has 1 ride left to give for '19 with Carton and Gaffney committed.
Definitely, something to watch if Payne commits, then I am guessing the pick is ILL for Liddell.
IlliniDent
- Chicago, IL
Doubt OSU would turn down EJ even if Payne commits
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Wow, must be worried. He just left a few days ago, right?
I agree with goldie. It is heavy with mizzery junk in the post disgrace and on radio and TV.
We would probably do the same.
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You mean, doing all you can? If this is worried, I hope are staff is acting worried on every single recruitment.
ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
Ah, yes. The good ol' lunch full of nuts.
Missouri averaged a little over 24 threes per game. Two senior wings took over 55% of them. Illinois averaged 22 threes. Also, the point was was Underwood's offense, not the number of three point shots.
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Illiini
- In the land of the Nittany Lion
Whew. Glad to hear that. The New York Times says that for football (and I suspect there's no difference in loyalties for basketball) my old stomping grounds in the 62040 follows the Tiggers 27 percent and Illini only 10 percent. How can that be? NCAA FAN MAP
They basically both run "positionless" basketball, or want to anyways. Jontay didn't play solely as a big which is why he shot the 3rd most 3's on the team. Martin brought in Cornell Mann when he went to Missouri to teach him and the players Fred Hoiberg's offense. It's a selling point he is using for recruiting. Plenty of offense to go around.
Blurb about EJ Liddell/recruiting:
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...ble-undervalued-commits-2019-standouts-visits
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...ble-undervalued-commits-2019-standouts-visits
In that article, it mentioned Shannon as a possible 5-Star prospect. Holy cow has he shot up boards
From the above article...
Bossi: I do think that the commitments will finally start picking up this weekend and shortly after. But, I want to focus on a recent development.
E.J. Liddell cutting things to Illinois, Missouri and Ohio State and moving his visit to Illinois up almost a month is a big development. I see him as a luxury for Ohio State but for the Illini and Tigers he’s an absolute must-have, and I’m starting to think it comes down to one or the other of the bitter rivals
He’d be a great fit for Wisconsin :thumb:
Too quick!
I think that's probably because nobody really expects him to come here. He'd be just as big and important of a commit as Liddell.
I'd think Liddell will announce next week or there was no need to cancel a couple visits and move his Illini visit up.
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