A little context for the recruiting of Mark Smith:
1. The center presence on Smith's Edwardsville Tiger teams has been 6-5 A J Epenesa, who's on his way to Iowa with a football scholarship. They've been on the same teams as starters since elementary-age ball.
2. Anthony Smith, Mark Smith's father, has headed an AAU program that I think was for younger athletes, not on the AAU "circuit".
3. Mark Smith has a coach at home in his father. Anthony Smith is head basketball coach at a Lutheran private high school, and has been a high school coach elsewhere in Southwestern Illinois. He attended SIU Carbondale.
4. Mark Smith has consistently held his own and some would contend has dominated in the rivalry with Goodwin of a nearby high school and whose recruitment ended with his announcement he would attended St. Louis University.
1. The center presence on Smith's Edwardsville Tiger teams has been 6-5 A J Epenesa, who's on his way to Iowa with a football scholarship. They've been on the same teams as starters since elementary-age ball.
2. Anthony Smith, Mark Smith's father, has headed an AAU program that I think was for younger athletes, not on the AAU "circuit".
3. Mark Smith has a coach at home in his father. Anthony Smith is head basketball coach at a Lutheran private high school, and has been a high school coach elsewhere in Southwestern Illinois. He attended SIU Carbondale.
4. Mark Smith has consistently held his own and some would contend has dominated in the rivalry with Goodwin of a nearby high school and whose recruitment ended with his announcement he would attended St. Louis University.
