Sun-Times Final Look at the Class of 2009

[jeffsu]

I am a little skeptical of Prosser myself because he plays in a Cow Polk conference. Ok, he as the credentials...but what talent has he faced?

I'm pretty sure he played with some pretty good AAU teams and had solid competition there. He did well there, too.

[shaunguth]

I'm pretty sure he played with some pretty good AAU teams and had solid competition there. He did well there, too.

As always, I'll trust the staff to be good judges of talent and what is best for Bradley basketball.

[RedbirdFan21]

Da Coach, RedbirdFan21 probably won't have the time, so you should go share those links with the people on the Redbird board

Thanks for the link... I will definitely post in on RBF... I think all of the ISU faithful will be proud that our 2 Illinois recruits are ranked in the top 20 by this guy! Wouldn't you be?

[tornado]

I am a little skeptical of Prosser myself because he plays in a Cow Polk conference. Ok, he as the credentials...but what talent has he faced?

you are entitled to be as skeptical as you want....
but maybe also be equally skeptical of a kid who plays for a Chicago school named
"University of Chicago School of Laboratory Sciences" and which only has an
enrollment of 497, some 50+ plus kids smaller than Eureka HS.

While Eureka didn't play a lot of big schools......they still were facing opponents like East Peoria,
Indianapolis Howe (Nationally ranked), Olympia, U-High, Pontiac, BCC, and others......

Zeke's school plays in a conference called the "ISL" (Independent School League -
not really even a conference at all)
facing fearsome opponents named "Nazareth", "Latin", "Northtown", "Elgin Academy"
(enrollment - a whopping 122!!!), Francis Parker" (enrollment 317), "Holy Trinity" (enrollment 416),
"St. Benedictine" (enrollment 220), "Ralph Ellison Charter School" (non-IHSA member),
"CICS Ellison", "Mather", North Shore Country Day" (enrollment 189), "ASA" (Chicago Ag. Sci.)...
and many other unrecognizable teams!!

or maybe equally skeptical of a kid who, no matter which school he plays for,
(he plays for the smallest of the 3A schools, barely outside the 2A class) if he was only 4th
on his team in scoring, and as point guard was only 4th on his team in assists!!!
Let's face it, the defenses from those opponents had to worry about the other three
scorers...whereas Prosser's opponents could and routinely DID double and triple team JP!

[RedbirdFan21]

you are entitled to be as skeptical as you want....
but maybe also be equally skeptical of a kid who plays for a Chicago school named
"University of Chicago School of Laboratory Sciences" and which only has an
enrollment of 497, some 50+ plus kids smaller than Eureka HS.

While Eureka didn't play a lot of big schools......they still were facing opponents like East Peoria,
Indianapolis Howe (Nationally ranked), Olympia, U-High, Pontiac, BCC, and others......

Zeke's school plays in a conference called the "ISL" (Independent School League -
not really even a conference at all)
facing fearsome opponents named "Nazareth", "Latin", "Northtown", "Elgin Academy"
(enrollment - a whopping 122!!!), Francis Parker" (enrollment 317), "Holy Trinity" (enrollment 416),
"St. Benedictine" (enrollment 220), "Ralph Ellison Charter School" (non-IHSA member),
"CICS Ellison", "Mather", North Shore Country Day" (enrollment 189), "ASA" (Chicago Ag. Sci.)...
and many other unrecognizable teams!!

or maybe equally skeptical of a kid who, no matter which school he plays for,
(he plays for the smallest of the 3A schools, barely outside the 2A class) if he was only 4th
on his team in scoring, and as point guard was only 4th on his team in assists!!!
Let's face it, the defenses from those opponents had to worry about the other three
scorers...whereas Prosser's opponents could and routinely DID double and triple team JP!

Wow...

[bufan73]

you are entitled to be as skeptical as you want....
but maybe also be equally skeptical of a kid who plays for a Chicago school named
"University of Chicago School of Laboratory Sciences" and which only has an
enrollment of 497, some 50+ plus kids smaller than Eureka HS.

While Eureka didn't play a lot of big schools......they still were facing opponents like East Peoria,
Indianapolis Howe (Nationally ranked), Olympia, U-High, Pontiac, BCC, and others......

Zeke's school plays in a conference called the "ISL" (Independent School League -
not really even a conference at all)
facing fearsome opponents named "Nazareth", "Latin", "Northtown", "Elgin Academy"
(enrollment - a whopping 122!!!), Francis Parker" (enrollment 317), "Holy Trinity" (enrollment 416),
"St. Benedictine" (enrollment 220), "Ralph Ellison Charter School" (non-IHSA member),
"CICS Ellison", "Mather", North Shore Country Day" (enrollment 189), "ASA" (Chicago Ag. Sci.)...
and many other unrecognizable teams!!

or maybe equally skeptical of a kid who, no matter which school he plays for,
(he plays for the smallest of the 3A schools, barely outside the 2A class) if he was only 4th
on his team in scoring, and as point guard was only 4th on his team in assists!!!
Let's face it, the defenses from those opponents had to worry about the other three
scorers...whereas Prosser's opponents could and routinely DID double and triple team JP!

Regarding Zeke, I agree! I was going to add that comment earlier...but it required me to edit the post

Getting back to Eureka...I hope Prosser played talent equal to his. He is 6'8...so i hope he didn't make a living feasting off 6'4 kids. He won't have that luxury at the next level.

[RedbirdFan21]

Wow...

If you are going to delete my post... please do not edit it and leave just one word!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!

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