TheChosenOne Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 15 hours ago, RamJAMTIME said: Can anyone post if Roy Schmidt has a meltdown? Haha, haven't they missed out on two of their big time targets recently? Terrence Shannon yesterday and Kahlil Whitney last week. Can someone check on Roy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, TheChosenOne said: Haha, haven't they missed out on two of their big time targets recently? Terrence Shannon yesterday and Kahlil Whitney last week. Can someone check on Roy? I'm not sure if these other guys were priorities, but they also missed out on Victor Iwuakor, Damion Baugh, James Bouknight (I know some Illini fans expected to be on his list), Mario McKinney, Patrick Williams, and Donovan Williams. I know SLU has also not been on any lists so far, but none were expected except maybe Shannon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUAILMAN Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 EJ list should be coming up any minute. He just posted on Twitter that is will be a Top 5 again, not 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUAILMAN Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 EJ Liddell top 5: OSU, Mizzou, Illinois, Wisconsin, K State. Sad face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 tool....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 anyone but Missouri... Westy03 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 oh well. we should have been on that list imo. squandered opportunity when we didnt go after him hard initially. now i just lost my enthusiasm to follow belleville west this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Can't expect to get the best player in every class locally. I am glad we were out now and can move onto other players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 No surprises, but there are others that could've been included and not been a surprise, like Florida, Northwestern, and SLU. Anyway, it looks like those bluebloods didn't come through for him in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, QUAILMAN said: EJ Liddell top 5: OSU, Mizzou, Illinois, Wisconsin, K State. Sad face. EJ Liddell’s top 5 or list of annually mediocre midwest mid level P5 programs? Really disappointed for him. Go to OSU, at least the football team is good there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Also, if Liddell and McKinney are still thinking about playing together in college, the two common schools on their lists are K-State and Mizzou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Just now, JMM28 said: EJ Liddell’s top 5 or list of annually mediocre midwest mid level P5 programs? Really disappointed for him. Go to OSU, at least the football team is good there. You might want to avoid the last month's worth of college football news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010andBeyond Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Hope he goes to k state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Just now, 2010andBeyond said: Hope he goes to k state. Normally I would agree, but Weber and Lowery are getting a little too successful coming into St. Louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 minute ago, brianstl said: Normally I would agree, but Weber and Lowery are getting a little too successful coming into St. Louis. If he goes with OSU, which seemed to be the favorite all along, I'm fine with that. Wisconsin, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 21 minutes ago, JMM28 said: EJ Liddell’s top 5 or list of annually mediocre midwest mid level P5 programs? Really disappointed for him. Go to OSU, at least the football team is good there. Ya least Ohio St and Wisconsin have been high level teams at some point in the last decade. Can’t say the same for the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 27 minutes ago, brianstl said: Normally I would agree, but Weber and Lowery are getting a little too successful coming into St. Louis. I trust Travis, so I would like this to happen so that Illinois fans literally explode. Maybe I will stop being lazy and go through @Pistol's list and figure out our top targets. Seems like except for Hargrove (big carve out there) our highest ranked targets are dropping SLU. Need to figure out who SLU is focusing on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 My bet is Wisconsin. Illinois shot themselves with mark smith in the area. Mizzou is possible but I hope not. Kstate could be a surprise. 2019 will be the most challenging recruiting year for Ford. Goodwin, French and Gordon will all be testing the NBA waters this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Glorydays2013 said: My bet is Wisconsin. Illinois shot themselves with mark smith in the area. Mizzou is possible but I hope not. Kstate could be a surprise. 2019 will be the most challenging recruiting year for Ford. Goodwin, French and Gordon will all be testing the NBA waters this year if any of the four are draft worthy i will be shocked. they may in the future progress to that point but i doubt they are nba ready at this point. slufanskip and Littlebill like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: if any of the four are draft worthy i will be shocked. they may in the future progress to that point but i doubt they are nba ready at this point. I don't see them testing the NBA waters this year. Now if Gordon goes off big time an shows he's a threat from outside he might give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 EJ = major tool. I’m gonna go with he didn’t want to compete with French and Gordon for minutes for two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorydays2013 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 17 minutes ago, slu72 said: I don't see them testing the NBA waters this year. Now if Gordon goes off big time an shows he's a threat from outside he might give it a shot. You can test the waters and get feedback then choose to hire an agent or not. If the feedback is good I don’t see why they wouldn’t. If Goodwin has a sophomore year like Smart I wouldn’t be surprised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon-Balls Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Gonna be awesome when SLU is dancing this year and Mizzou is getting knocked out of the NIT. That will set recruiting tone for 2020 and beyond. Ford is playing the long game with STL area recruits. Remember, the Legend has a son that is starting high school this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 23 minutes ago, slu72 said: I don't see them testing the NBA waters this year. Now if Gordon goes off big time an shows he's a threat from outside he might give it a shot. Why not? It is pretty easy, and painless, to 'test the waters'. I'd say it is probable that one to three of them find out what the NBA has to say about their games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Glorydays2013 said: You can test the waters and get feedback then choose to hire an agent or not. If the feedback is good I don’t see why they wouldn’t. If Goodwin has a sophomore year like Smart I wouldn’t be surprised Smart was a Mcdonald's AA playing in the Big 12 French is a 6-7 Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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