Lewis Jackson Trims List

[tornado]

Decatur Eisenhower's Lewis Jackson, a recruit that Bradley has been after for a couple years,
has trimmed his list according to a brand new interview. This is NOT going to be well received by the Illini people, as he has cut Illinois from his list of choices, and also has cut the west coast schools he was considering, BUT--
He still includes BRADLEY!!

This is the same scenario that drove some Illini people crazy a few weeks ago when Iman Shumpert did the same thing.

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7977

I think it's just MORE evidence of the impression Jim Les makes on these fine recruits when he gets in early and stays after them.

Jackson says these are the schools on his present list of five schools:
Purdue, Bradley, Indiana, Dayton, and Tennessee

"Lewis told us that he will be taking an unofficial visit to Purdue in the next week and hopes to make a decision before September 1st."

[mexicobufan]

T do you have a link to the Illinois board? I enjoyed reading it the last time Iman left them off his list.

Mex

[tornado]

There are several Illinois boards and most are about equally active:
There isn't much talk on this subject, since the thread on BradleyFans is as current as it gets, and nobody has put much up on these other boards. I will post a link there to our board if I get time.


This one you need to scroll on down:

http://www.illinoisloyalty.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

Brumby's Board:

http://forums.illiniboard.com/boards/?hoops

Scout Premium Board:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=169#S=169&F=1095

Scout Free Board - quite active:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=169#S=169&F=2616

Rivals Premium Board:

http://illinois.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=922&fid=1737

Rivals Free Board - but not very active:

http://illinois.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=&fid=145

Here are a couple direct links to some good threads...

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=169#S=169&F=2616&T=791531

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=169#S=169&F=2616&T=791146

http://illinois.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1737&tid=98104908&mid=98104908&sid=922&style=2

[Beninator]

Thanks Tornado... This is going to be a fun read for a while.

[scout4126]

http://www.midstatehoops.com/articles/2007/jackson5.html

...just another link

[OrangeandBlack74]

http://www.midstatehoops.com/article.../jackson5.html

...just another link

This article disses our friend and fellow poster Daniel Poneman.

Daniel.....any comments/reaction?

[tornado]

There's a little friendly rivalry at play here, but let's not let it spill onto BradleyFans.
Jackson was indeed being courted by USC, Gonzaga, and UNLV.
I had also been told by knowledgable people he would definitely choose Gonzaga or UNLV....but in the end he has enough fine offers here in the midwest, that he didn't want to do what a lot of kids like Sead Odzic did....go far away and be unhappy.

Anyway, as far as who had the scoop, I think BradleyFans had the story of Jackson trimming his list before anyone else did.
I added the reference to the link only later when it confirmed what I had posted.

[AE Braves Fan]

Illinois fans are saying that Weber & Co. dropped Jackson from THEIR list, not the other way around.

Spin away, Illini fans.....

[Daniel Poneman]

If you want to read my response to them go to my free board. I dont want to go against Tornado's wishes by posting my reply on bradleyfans...

[tornado]

As I told you in my e mail to you, Daniel,
you are a very well accepted member of BradleyFans, and your responses are welcome here.
I just didn't want other posters to "chime in" or turn it into a "spat".

[Da Coach]

Here is another article from a writer for the Decatur Herald and Review with an interview of Lewis Jackson. It's worth reading.

http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/08/04/sports/h_r_preps/boys_basketball/1025436.txt

Here are a couple interesting quotes from Jackson:
About why he eliminated the University of Illinois--
And a perceived lack of affection felt by 5-foot-9 blink-quick guard didn't help Bruce Weber and his staff either.
"They said, 'You have to tell us you want to come here,' " Jackson said. "They said they wanted me to come there, but they weren't going to recruit me because then it looks bad if I don't go there. They told (Washington High School guard) Matt Roth and a couple of other guys the same thing. They all say they wish Illinois had recruited them harder.
"I respect Coach Weber and Coach (Jay) Price, and I like them a lot, but there was no love like at other schools."

Why he is still considering Bradley and Dayton--
Bradley and Dayton have been in the hunt since Jackson emerged as a Division I talent after his freshman season at Eisenhower.
'Bradley runs that West Coast Phoenix offense that really gets up and down the court. I like that a lot," Jackson said. "Dayton has a great coach, Brian Gregory. He was at Michigan State and signed Mateen Cleaves. And, it was always him that would come and see me. Usually it's an assistant. That was cool."

[Big Mike]

http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/jacksonlist.html

[tornado]

More about Lewis Jackson

http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/demling/blog.html

http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2007/08/04/sports/doc46b3fbf771666031400480.txt

In this article Jackson really rips the recruiting staff from Illinois:
"a perceived lack of affection felt by 5-foot-9 blink-quick guard didn???‚¬?„?t help Bruce Weber and his staff either.

???‚¬?“They said, ???‚¬??You have to tell us you want to come here,???‚¬?„? ???‚¬?? Jackson said. ???‚¬?“They said they wanted me to come there, but they weren???‚¬?„?t going to recruit me because then it looks bad if I don???‚¬?„?t go there. They told (Washington High School guard) Matt Roth and a couple of other guys the same thing. They all say they wish Illinois had recruited them harder.

???‚¬?“I respect Coach Weber and Coach (Jay) Price, and I like them a lot, but there was no love like at other schools.???‚¬??

While on that link, read the story just below about IU recruit DeAndre Thomas, who dropped 36 lbs, all the way from 358 to 322!

http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/demling/labels/DeAndre%20Thomas.html

[meth]

Ha ! No respect for the poor Illini.
Even the writer of that JG-TC article misspells Illinois!
(Illinios)

[Beninator]

I have heard and read that grades and test scores could be an issue here. Does anyone have any information on this?