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PF EJ Liddell (All B1G, All-American, Chicago Bulls)

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Insider info is all over the place on this one. Without going into details it sounds like it will be one of OSU, Mizzou, or Illinois, but no one is sure who (some insiders think it is an OSU-Mizzou battle, others think it is OSU-Illinois, and a few even think it is Illinois-Mizzou... but the general feeling at this very moment is that it might be OSU-Illinois). And sounds like EJ will be visiting Illinois on the 21st and then a decision should come shortly after.

At the end of the day it will be almost a month since his OSU visit, probably, before EJ decides and the home state school gets the last crack at him. Holtmann's already done an in-home with EJ which, in my opinion, wasn't ideal because I think Holtmann was trying to wrap this up after the Missouri visit and that didn't happen because EJ still wants to visit Illinois, so now Illinois has an in-home left with him this week and they get what will probably be the last OV.

Again, I think all things being equal, EJ likes OSU and our coaching staff better than he likes Illinois and Underwood. BUT there are several other factors working in Illinois' favor with this recruitment and the fact that they get the last couple visits to try to build up their momentum going into his final decision, while the OSU visit starts to fade, could very easily mean this one goes Illinois' way. Really not sure how this is going to break.

If we don't get EJ, based on where are other recruitments are at, I think we only sign Carton and Gaffney in the fall. Brandon Newman is an outside possibility if we find out soon enough on EJ to be able to make a really strong push on Brandon, but I think Purdue is really in prime position in that recruitment.
 
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nomatta said:
Insider info is all over the place on this one. Without going into details it sounds like it will be one of OSU, Mizzou, or Illinois, but no one is sure who (some insiders think it is an OSU-Mizzou battle, others think it is OSU-Illinois, and a few even think it is Illinois-Mizzou... but the general feeling at this very moment is that it might be OSU-Illinois). And sounds like EJ will be visiting Illinois on the 21st and then a decision should come shortly after.
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I expect this to be cleared up within a week after the Illinois visit. I still feel that OSU is the favorite with an unclear school at 2 (which is a good sign). With all that said I wish we kept recruiting Zach Harvey just in case Newman does not work out either.
 
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QualityLoss said:
Also wanted to add that I appreciate your effort to drive conversation Nomatta. With such a small fanbase following basketball year round, it takes someone to ignite activity. Thanks.
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+1

I don't participate much because I don't know much about basketball and even less about recruiting for it but I do care about the Buckeyes basketball team and read the stuff here frequently.

Likely I am not alone in my lurking. Keep up the good work.
 
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Thanks! I appreciate all your guys' posts, as well.

QualityLoss said:
I expect this to be cleared up within a week after the Illinois visit. I still feel that OSU is the favorite with an unclear school at 2 (which is a good sign). With all that said I wish we kept recruiting Zach Harvey just in case Newman does not work out either.
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Yeah, I'd be fascinated to know what happened with Harvey. The staff already knew about the charges from last year, already had Carton, and Harvey was talking like OSU was a leader and he was going to visit ASAP and Snow CBed him to us. And then all that just disappeared and the Crystal Ball flipped. Have to wonder if there is some sort of issue behind the scenes because it's not just OSU, Harvey's entire recruitment has been very quiet since early August.
 
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Yeah, I'd be fascinated to know what happened with Harvey. The staff already knew about the charges from last year, already had Carton, and Harvey was talking like OSU was a leader and he was going to visit ASAP and Snow CBed him to us. And then all that just disappeared and the Crystal Ball flipped. Have to wonder if there is some sort of issue behind the scenes because it's not just OSU, Harvey's entire recruitment has been very quiet since early August.
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Do not want to steal EJ's thread but with regard to Harvey, he was involved in a very minor "incident" almost 2 years ago, maybe less, that might have caused some schools to back off him. There is a brief mention of it in his thread which has been moved to 2011 & Beyond
Back to EJ.
 
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Yeah, which is what I was saying the staff had already been well aware of, and yet we were recruiting him hard up until a month and half ago. Feels like something must have changed and I don't know what, but c'est la vie.

Back to EJ.
 
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