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6'7" PF TJ Bell of Charlestown HS (2012) in Illinois has committed to Indiana State.
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TJ Bell was a Bradley recruit at one time. Bell was a much more highly rated recruit as a sophomore, then gradually dropped off.
Here is a thread from our recruiting board from a couple years ago.
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Midstatehoops.com rated Bell as the #1 player in the State of Illinois (Class of 2012) when Bell was going into his sophomore year..
Then Bell moved from Charleston, IL (where his high school had about 800 enrollment) to a much bigger and more prominent high school in Bloomington, IN..
Unfortunately, since Bell left his family behind and moved in there in Bloomington with someone, the IHSAA ruled that this move was for sports purposes and denied TJ eligibility to play varsity sports. This hurt Bell big time....at that time, according to Rivals, TJ Bell was getting big time interest...
This Rivals page claimed he had offers from - Indiana (which was why he moved to Bloomington, IN in the first place), Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and others..
So, then TJ moved back and played last year at Charleston, IL but the moves cost him and the offers fell off......
In the end he was down to Indiana State, Georgia State, EIU, and Cleveland State...but he's a very good player.
He pretty much plays the same position as another ex-BU recruit, Justin Gant, who is also at Indiana State right now as a freshman.
note in this article it also talks about another kid, Matt Carlino - an Indiana verbal from 2008 - all the way thru 2010 -, who was also talked into moving from Arizona to Bloomington, IN just so IU could keep closer tabs on him and gain recruiting advantage...in the end Carlino also had his offer yanked.......and never ended at IU
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It just goes to show that the more complicated that people try to make the recruiting process, the more damage will be done. Stay home, go to your home school, if you are good enough, people will find you. You don't need to force it.Comment
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