Hawkeyes' Freeman will transfer to So. Illinois

[hawkeyeshocker]

Southern Illinois did something to Tony Freeman that Iowa didn’t.

“They made me feel wanted,” the former Hawkeye star said today after saying he was finishing his college career as a Saluki.

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[rrshock]

Sounds like he really didn't have an option but to transfer away. That is pretty crappy that a player that is as good as him is unwanted by a staff.

[Bigshotmaker]

He's playing mind games with himself, the coaches wanted to go in another direction but I bet he was part of the plan.Somebody gave him some bad advice.A double digit scorer all conf in the big 10 transfer his sr yr.

[shockball]

Greg McDermott is losing Wesley Johnson. He is ISU's best player. Two years ago he was on the All Big XII freshman team. I guess these schools don't want to compete with the Bulldogs

[SubGod22]

I've heard Freeman has issues with attitude and defense. But he can shoot the ball.

I'm not sure what the deal is with Johnson. I haven't seen anything indicating why he chose to leave. I'm sure it's around though...

[SWarehouse]

Link to article for Johnson's reasoning posted in Recruiting Forum:

http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=11150&start=40