CHAMPAIGN — Illinois could have used some good recruiting news Sunday night with E.J. Liddell set to narrow his list of prospective teams. Odds are the Illini would make the cut given their longterm recruitment of the Belleville West product, and it would have ended the week on a positive note after they missed out on four-star wing Terrence Shannon Jr. earlier in the day.
The plan was for Liddell to release his top five at 8 p.m. Sunday. At 7:49 p.m., the 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward tweeted out a postponement. Liddell will announce his finalists at 1 p.