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Thanks for clearing that up Tornado, I wasnt actually sure. Still, for a 9 year run for JL, 3 contributors from a basketball rich state isnt that good of a ratio if you ask me if the state finals were supposed to lure recruits.
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I don't think you're being fair...
Jim Les has had a bunch of instate & local kids....
Donivine Stewart, Dunson, Sammy, Prosser, Dyricus, Ruffin, Crouch, Danny Adams, Bennett, Rembert, Battle, Cellus....
also - several other walk ons who help you in practices...
Molinari did not have as many instate kids and almost no local guys...Comment
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Bennett doesn't count, Prosser never made State, and I forgot about Ruff...
So in reality we have two players - Ruff and DSE that have played on the floor they ended up at...
I was more so getting at the fact that there are guys like Fay, Richard, Rice, and plenty more outside of the last 2-3 years we've never even remotely been tied to...
The tournament being in Peoria has helped us no more than if it were in anywhere else in the State...Comment
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Bennett is probably the best example -- had he not known of BU and spent that weekend in Peoria with Westinghouse he'd have never considered BU nor Peoria
...and YOUR OWN original statement was...
" the State Tournament being in Peoria will help Jim Les recruit..."
..and you said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about narrowing the field further to recruiting and landing only the players who played on the court for a team in March Madness.
So going by YOUR own definition, I would include Prosser as he was there, had friends on the Eureka team, has great memories of the weekend and was definitely influenced by it.
Guys like Fay were already LONG committed and signed before they ever had an inkling their team was going to play at Carver in the State Finals,
so those guys can hardly be considered "failures" since they weren't recruitable at the time they at Carver during Madness.Comment
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No, actually it does make my point...Originally posted by tornado View Post
Who have we been in on that played here at State?
I'm pretty sure that original statement wasn't made by anyone who said
"well gee golly gosh, I think the State tournament will help me recruit, but hey, none of those guys have to even be there for that to make any sense"
No, it was that players that came down here would like the court/atmosphere/area and what not and end up at Bradley...
So maybe Tony Bennett is about it...
Otherwise that statement he originally made holds zero water...Comment
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