Southern Illinois recruit de-commits

[tropicalshox]

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=2&cid=663253&nid=1968872&fhn=1

Over on Valley Talk there has been some bragging about Southern Illinois' recruiting class. Well, Torres Roundtree has de-committed. Although he says SIU is still the frontrunner, he is interested in USC, Purdue, Missouri, and St. Louis.

[SubGod22]

USC is the only one I could see that could end up as a better position. And even then, I'm not too sure. I hope he ends up at SIU but this doesn't sound good.

[shockball]

I wonder if Coach Floyd has actually recruited him. Perhaps Maestro Mayo is assembling the team and will let the other staff know aobut it later. The tail will wag the dog in the near future at USC.

I saw Roundtree play in the Missouri big school state championship. He was very good. It seemed that SIU was getting to steal one.

[tropicalshox]

Roundtree has re-committed to SIU.

[rrshock]

Roundtree has re-committed to SIU.

that's good news for the dogs.

[J&J-Ryan]

Roundtree has re-committed to SIU.

You really gotta wonder about these things.... :sarcasm:

[rrshock]

Probably just wanted to take a paid visit to California.

[MSNSaluki]

I don't put much stock in the rankings of recruiting services so I'm not going to proclaim Torres Roundtree as a great recruit. He did play well in the Missouri State Tournament last spring and a lot of folks think he has great potential.

All I know is this: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch did a story on him re-committing to SIU and mentioned that he also considered Missouri State and Illinois State before making this decision. WTF? I think USC and Missouri and Saint Louis - schools mentioned as possible destinations when he de-committed - were figments of somebody's imagination.

[SubGod22]

I saw him play against Connor Teahan in the state title game and he impressed me. Teahan had a lot of hype and I know we were very interested in him before he chose to walk-on elsewhere. I expect Roundtree to be a player in the Valley before he's done. How big a player is up to him.