E.J. Liddell, Missouri’s top target for the 2019 men’s basketball class, trimmed his list to five schools on Monday afternoon and the Tigers made the cut. Ohio State, Kansas State, Illinois and Wisconsin are the other schools that still remain in contention for Liddell’s services.
The 6-foot-7 forward spent the past week in Thousand Oaks, Cali. for the Nike Skills Academy, an invite-required camp that only the top prospects in the nation attend. Liddell had a strong summer on the AAU circuit playing for Bradley Beal Elite.
With the consensus four-star recruit now down to five schools, here’s where Missouri stands in relation to the other four:
Missouri: The Tigers made Liddell a priority just days after Cuonzo Martin was hired by Missouri in March 2017.