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New assistant coach Chester Frazier's recruiting connections
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Antigua returns to his old Kentucky home...with a friend in tow
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Mike Cagley's Heat Checks and Hail Marys - How the Transfer Portal Changes the Game
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East Coast big man Mady Traoré from France eyes Illini
There is a real good chance Illinois may add another critical piece to the class of 2022. IlliniGuys.com would like you to meet four-star recruit Mady Traoré, a 6-foot-11, 195-pound power forward from France who attends National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Maryland.
Mike Cagley's Hail Marys and Heat Checks - Revenge of the Ref
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Kofi to test NBA draft waters
The 7-foot, 285-pound consensus All-American owes it to himself to find out where he stands with NBA teams after enjoying a breakout year with the Illini. Cockburn averaged 17.7 points and a Big Ten-leading 9.5 rebounds a game this season, a campaign in which he got significantly better from November to March.
Cockburn became one of the toughest players in college basketball to guard, often drawing double and sometimes triple teams every time he got the ball. Teammate and fellow All-American Ayo Dosunmu may have been the team's leader and biggest star, but it was Cockburn who opposing teams lost sleep trying to figure out how to slow him down.
"Sturdy's Take" - IlliniGuys.com speaks with high-scoring guard transfer Alfonso Plummer
“Illinois has everything I am looking for in a school and more. I liked all the schools that were interested in me - Florida, Georgia, Texas Tech, and Yale,” Plummer said.
Trent Takes The 5th
Blame not our favorite Floridian since Derek Harper (sorry, Chainsaw), but the special concession made by the NCAA in the face of the pandemic. Because the 2020 postseason was wiped out and the 2020-21 season saw several teams lose games due to COVID, college players this season will be given the option to play a 5th season. Diehard fans know that's not terribly uncommon; players are given five years to play four seasons. The difference here is players can compete in a 5th full season, without having a redshirt year along the way.
Thus the dilemma for Frazier and classmate DaMonte Williams (who, at the time of this posting, has not announced if he will return for an extra season in orange and blue). Both are full four-year lettermen who get an extra year of action if they want it. A free scholarship that doesn't count against the team's allotment of 13, an exemption which could make this Illini squad one of the deepest ever.
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