****Official Class of 2019 Recruiting Thread****
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Collin Sexton and now Kira Lewis would be the answer to that question.
Personally, I am indifferent to the Tide. Both kids spurned multiple blue blood programs to stay close to home. Hope Lewis can succeed like Sexton did and go pro early.
Why? We got Wigginton instead of Sexton, and I think it works out better for us. As in, two years, instead of one. And with Lewis reclassifying, we don’t have a scholarship available this Fall, right? So, irrelevant.
Plus, Sexton got in trouble and had to miss a few games. If he was at ISU, he would have missed the entire season, our basketball team would have been investigated and made an example of, in order to show the blueblood schools that the NCAA doesn't mess around. Also, don't underestimate the snowball effect that improprieties would have on recruiting at a place like ISU. If Prohm & Co. can sniff out possible trouble (not saying Kira is), before they step on campus - I'm all for passing on the Sextons and Prestons of the college basketball world (even if they have STRONG interest in ISU)!
Main reason I don't like it is because I want the SEC to be lackluster in bball so Prohm can have a better shot at convincing recruits from his region of origin to come on up to ISU, generally. But yea, otherwise not that relevant
I'd be surprised if ISU makes his top 5, but guess we'll know later today where Prohm stands with EJ.
They want two guards so don't think it has anything to do with Tandy probably more with Mann and McKinney
Kira Lewis also just committed, and Zeb Jackson (2020) is announcing tomorrow. That is likely 2 targets off the board so it makes sense to extend an offer to another PG target.
Prohm will always be looking for PG's until he get his guy he'll keep evaluating..
Total speculation on my part.
EJ may have originally cut Illinois but with "home" state politics he was advised to add them and needed some time to update his announcement post graphic.
EJ won't need to take an OV there (or Mizzou) due to location thus it isn't there is no problem adding them to the original 5 as the +1. It would save him a few month of ragging from the local fan base.
Is Illinois the worst amateur basketball athletic state ever? No other state get's into high school kids business like it. The leaders of AAU and High school basketball only care about themselves and not the students. It's basically like a mafia run state but with AAU basketball as the way to profit.
