'17 IL PG Mark Smith (Illinois Verbal)

[wadc45]

247 Profile

Edwardsville (IL) HS

Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 225 lbs

247 profile shows offers from DePaul, Drake, Illinois, Indiana, Indiana State, Kansas State, Nebraska, Northern Illinois and now Ohio State. It appears Shaka Smart at Texas has also recently offered. Was not on a lot of radars as he was previously committed to play baseball at Missouri. After reading about the kid I am a big fan of this offer.

Couple of articles from December and January:



Henricksen: Red-hot Mark Smith of Edwardsville no longer an unknown

Illini now chasing Edwardsville's Mark Smith | Mark Tupper's Blog ...

 

[Taylor1]

Interesting to say the least

 

[wadc45]

Typo on my part, he's not listed as a PF but rather a PG. Editing the thread title.

 

[LitlBuck]

Ohio State offers a player in the 2017 class.

The Buckeyes offered another ball-handler in the 24 hours around the loss to Nebraska. Mark Smith, a four-star 2017 point guard from Edwardsville, Ill., received an offer from the Buckeyes.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Smith is rated the No. 25 point guard in the class, and the No. 107 prospect in the country. The offer to Smith is interesting because the Buckeyes have another point guard already signed for 2017 in Braxton Beverly, and Thad Matta hinted on National Signing Day that they were likely done adding players for this cycle.

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/2017/02/jeremiah_francis_2019_ohio_gua.html#incart_river_index

 

[starBUCKS]

 

[wadc45]

MSU offered during an in-home last night.

 

[Tlangs]

visiting OSU this weekend

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...ard-mark-smith-to-officially-visit-ohio-state

 

[wadc45]

 

[flybuckeye]

I wonder if any of the coaches will be here since all of the other recruits and commits will be playing in national tourneys in NY, Dallas, and VA this weekend?

 

[LitlBuck]

According to this article it sounds like we are going to have to beat out both Sparty and Illinois
but hey get him on campus and you never know what might happen.

Mark Smith officially visiting Ohio State basketball this weekend

 

[wadc45]

And Wesson trying to do his part:

 

[brodybuck21]

And Wesson trying to do his part:

ok now this would be a nice get!

 

[RB07OSU]

Hope we can pull off the upset, looks like everyone has Illinois or Sparty. Wesson and Smith would form the basis of what could be a nice '17 class (and a huge improvement over '16 with those two alone imo).

 

[OHSportsFan]

Quick first impression I see Eric Gordon who I got to watch in high school. Big build, explosive to the rim and a smooth jumpshot. Smith shows plus passing too.

 

[brodybuck21]

Quick first impression I see Eric Gordon who I got to watch in high school. Big build, explosive to the rim and a smooth jumpshot. Smith shows plus passing too.

looking like Illinois according to 247