re: Knox and Tilmon

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I know that a St. Louis media outlet said he's staying, but there's been nothing from Tilmon at all, and I mean nothing, which is odd. You'd think after his meeting with his new coach he'd help him out at least a littl by saying something. We've heard that MPJ has been hitting him hard. Why do that if he's signed a NLI and has already made up his mind? Oh, and 247 still shows him at 67% Mizzou, which is an interesting number for a kid already committed and reaffirmed.

He's likely still Illini, but there seems to be just a little too much smoke to completely dismiss it.

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Yeh that's why I said a long shot. There is still a chance but the LoI makes it an uphill fight for Cuonzo. He can have no contact. Hard to recruit when you can't make your pitch. Also that info about him affirming came from the Illini Rivals beat guy as I think he got that info from either Tilmon or a coach. They jumped on him as soon as Cuonzo became our coach. Again, yeah there is still a chance, but it's a slim one.