COLUMBIA, MO. • The Jeremiah Tilmon mystery tour took a new but not unexpected turn Monday when the 6-foot-10 East St. Louis forward signed a financial aid agreement to play for Missouri.
“It’s truly exciting to keep a young man like Jeremiah at home with Mizzou basketball,” Tigers coach Cuonzo Martin said. “Jeremiah, as a player and person, possesses the type of skill and presence we’d like to become a staple of this program. We feel that he has the ability to become a game-changing presence on both ends of the floor.”
Last November, Tilmon, rated a four- and five-star prospect by recruiting services, chose Illinois over Kansas, Michigan State, Missouri, North Carolina and Texas and signed with the Fighting Illini on the final day of the fall signing period.