SLUDrew Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 At least according to the recruiting page on the Illini board. It is us, Illinois, KU and Butler. I would be very surprised if ND is not involved considering his father's legacy there, but maybe Kevin doesn't always want to be know as "Rusty Lisch's kid." We could offer him immediate playing time in a new arena and his family could come to every game. Let's hope it comes to pass. Polk, Liddell, and Lisch in the backcourt is just too good not to at least dream about. http://news.illiniboard.com/recruiting/player.php?ID=182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 my understanding is it is down to saint louis and illinois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUDrew Posted March 9, 2004 Author Share Posted March 9, 2004 Even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseugnekillib Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 My semi-reliable source stated he will attend a Catholic university and that he will announce his choice this Spring. Sounds like Notre Dame vs SLU sweepstakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 problems we worked on as kids. Little Tommie is wearing a red shirt and blue pants. Out of kids A, B, C, and D only A and C are wearing red shirts. All kids wear either Blue or Black jeans. Kid A's mom always makes A wear black jeans. What kid is little Tommie? If billiken_roy and tsuegnekillib are independently right than he is ours. Its either SLU or Illinois and its got to be Catholic. Until he announces anywhere all we can do is hope and cross our fingers. Good luck to Brad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 that is great, Brad likely has the longest track record..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLURadioBoy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Roy, can you tell us where you heard that or is it "hush hush"? I hope everyone's sources are correct. If they are, it looks like we should be the favorite to get the young Mr. Lisch. All I know is, it sounds like he would be perfect for our program, let's hope he feels the same! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trich Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I don't know if this story is apocryphal but this is reminiscent of a story why I heard Ed McCauley attended SLU. His mother told him he could attend any school he wanted as long as it was Catholic and in St. Louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Illinois is a good school and has a good basketball tradition. However, if I had a son who was in a position to be the star of a program that is on the rise, with a sincere, not full of BS coach, at an outstanding academic school, with a BRAND NEW arena, in a city where he would possibly live after graduation and be a semi-celebrity, I don't think it would be a tough choice on where to advise my son to attend college. On top of that, you have a strong Jesuit tradition and the influence of a Catholic institution. For a parent it seems obvious. Having two college-aged sons, believe me, I know. Neither would have made it into SLU and it was a disappointment. Honestly, knowing what I know now, I would pick SLU all over again for myself. The only difference is that now, the decision would be a slam-dunk compared to twenty years ago when I agonized over the decision. I guess 20 years of being in business in St. Louis and benefitting from the SLU connections hasn't hurt either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 my question with Lisch is where does he play and how does that affect his decision? If he's a PG he's got Polk for 3 years, if he's a SG he's got Clarke and Liddell there for a few years. At Illinois he only has Dee Brown in front of him for 1 year. Does Brad go 3 guard offense and if so wouldn't that mean having Meyer there for 3 years as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 >Illinois is a good school and has a good basketball >tradition. However, if I had a son who was in a position to >be the star of a program that is on the rise, with a >sincere, not full of BS coach, at an outstanding academic >school, with a BRAND NEW arena, in a city where he would >possibly live after graduation and be a semi-celebrity, To be fair Illinois is rated much higher than SLU academically, has a much stronger Bball tradition (gotta be Big Ten favorites next year with everyone back), is in the Big Ten, guaranteeing national exposure, hoops players are treated as heros on campus for 4 years and Weber is a hell of a coach too. Plus, UI is pursuing a new arena. And where do you get that Weber is full of BS? If Lisch only considers the criteia you listed SLU is in trouble against UI. If he wants city over soy fields then SLU has a major advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 kevin wont have any of those players "in front of him" at either school. he is better than all of them right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseugnekillib Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Nothing wrong with five talented perimeter players. For many years SLU fans have been screaming for more depth. A talented logjam is not a liability, it would be an asset. I wonder if any of the "national programs" are concerned with their talented logjams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLURadioBoy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I'm sure Brad has all this figured out and he wouldn't recruit him so heavily if he had no where to put him. I could be wrong, but I figured Polk would start at the point, Lisch at the 2 guard, and then have Liddell start at small forward since he's got the height and the slashing ability. Then Meyer would be our offensive spark off the bench. I could definitely be wrong, but that's how I could see all this panning out if we get Lisch. "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Perhaps Billiken Law is afraid SLU will surpass his beloved Marquette if we got Lisch. Not sure why he's pointing out things like a "lack of playing time"?!? Sound like this kid would be a four-year starter for SLU. What's the downside to him coming here? I'm sure if a recruit was choosing between Wisconsin and Marquette, Billiken Law would be espousing the merits of Wisconsin. Not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 What Roy said. Tommie is one of the best rebounding guards I've seen at the high school level so he could definitely play small forward in the A10. Luke is rugged enough to play small forward as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "my question with Lisch is where does he play and how does that affect his decision?" Cust curious -- did you ask this question when Crean recruited 4 guards in the last two classes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLURadioBoy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Roy, I'm not disagreeing with you because I haven't seen any of these guys play (except for Polk in the state championship as a sophomore), but do you think Lisch is better than Liddell? If so, that would be quite impressive and Kevin must be severly underrated! "Praises we sing, to you our alma mater, Praise to the white and blue. Our hymn shall ring, in tribute strong to you, We hail Saint Louis U." Official Billikens.com sponsor of Andrew Latimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Who said ANYTHING about Weber!??!???!?!?!?!??!??! I had to stop and think who he was when you mentioned him! Please explain yourself!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Latsch Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Luke Meyer was recruited to play small forward. At least that's what he told me. - Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I originally thought you were putting down Weber too, but then I re-read your post and noticed that you were only complimenting Coach Brad, saying that he was a sincere, not full of BS coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltiedave Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Again, Illinois is starting two point guards and cannot be pressed as a result. Getting Lisch would be wonderful. The Billikens would be able to press and bring tons of backcourt defensive pressure without running through our guards' energy. We would end up with a defensive edge over any team without a mobile 4 or 5 that had ball handling skills in the A10. We would have superior offensive sets with good clock management, a concept missing at times again this year. Two underclass "coaches" on the floor is worth three to four wins a season! Anyone who disparages Lisch has neither seen him play nor paid attention to how Illinois has used its guard rotation in the second half of the season to become the dominant B10 team, without a true center or power forward. Wayne McClain has said in conversation that Lisch is a glue guard that would make SLU or Illinois a Sweet 16 team for at least three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 lisch imo is better than liddell. far tougher defensively, far more consistent of a shooter, and far physically tougher. liddell is a better dunker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Get Kevin to commit to SLU...we need him and will have no problem finding a place for him to star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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