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Illinois in Liddell's top three

CHAMPAIGN — Two down.

Three to go.

And yes, Illinois is one of the three schools still in the running to land reigning News-Gazette All-State Player of the Year and Illinois Mr. Basketball E.J. Liddell. The 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward out of Belleville West narrowed his list of possible schools — again — on Wednesday night.

More than a month after unveiling a final five of Illinois, Kansas State, Missouri, Ohio State and Wisconsin, the Class of 2019 prospect cut the Wildcats and Badgers from his possible destinations Wednesday in the latest update to his recruitment, once again taking to Twitter to make the announcement.