The hottest name in Big Ten basketball recruiting? It might just be 2017 PG Mark Smith

Posted Feb 9, 2017
A forearm sprain and a coaching change altered the course of of Mark Smith’s future. At the start of the summer of 2016, The Edwardsville (Ill.) senior point guard looked headed to Missouri on a baseball scholarship. He had been committed to pitch there for six months. But head coach Tim Jamieson resigned on June 11, leaving Smith’s future in doubt. (Land Of 10)

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