Sam Thompson- class of 2011

[Da Coach]

Sam Thompson, a freshman at Chicago Whitney Young HS received an offer from Illinois--

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

He is ranked #3 in the class of 2011 by ChicagoHoops.com--

http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/2011rankings.html

[Da Coach]

Now, the Sun Times reports that Illinois has never offered Sam Thompson, despite reports that they did.

http://yourseason.suntimes.com/boys_basketball/930768,050308spiece.article

And here is more reporting about the Spiece AAU tournament in Ft. Wayne, Indiana this past weekend. One of the most impressive yopunger players was Thomas Hamilton, Jr. His father played at Chicago King HS, and committed to Illinois, but never played there. He is a 6'8" seventh grader!
Also, there is news about an injury for Illinois commit Crandall Head. He sat out the tournament with tendinitis of the knee. He is planning to transfer from Rich South High School, probably to Chicago Whitney Young HS or North Lawndale. --

http://yourseason.suntimes.com/boys_basketball/930348,050308spieceblog.article

[tornado]

Several of these same experts are also saying that Donivine Stewart has been dominating opponents, and that he needs to play up, as he is still playing on the 15U teams.

[scout4126]

Donivine plays 15U with Peoria Carver and 17U with Team Illinois.