Update from the King James
April 29, 2008
John Brumbaugh
From the Chicago Sun Times:
According to Schmidt, both Head and Waukegan’s Jereme Richmond are likely to wind up in the national top ten when rankings are released this summer, which is a first for the state of Illinois. Not even the 1998 class, with Frank Williams, Corey Mageette, Quentin Richardson and Bobby Simmons could boast two top ten players.
“It’s the next great class in state history, there is no doubt about that,” Schmidt said. “There is depth at every position.”
Illinois fans will be please to hear that Richmond’s recent stints of disgruntled on-court demeanor seem to have passed.
“Richmond carried himself very well,” Schmidt said. “He’s a totally different player in the AAU setting as opposed to the high school setting. At this point I’m not sure why that is.”