The No. 23 Illini will certainly look a lot different this season, but coach Brad Underwood believes a new crop of talent can help his team stay near the top of the Big Ten.
The No. 23 Illini will certainly look a lot different from last season’s Big Ten title-sharing team that featured 7-foot All-America center Kofi Cockburn.“I woke up every night last year knowing I had 20 and 10 ,” Underwood said. “That’s a pretty good feeling.”
The Illini were big winners in the offseason transfer market, though, securing the talents of former Texas Tech wing Terrence Shannon Jr. and Baylor forward Matthew Mayer. Now it’s a matter of working together.“It’s been a pretty smooth transition,” Shannon said. “Similar coaching styles with Chris Beard to Mark Adams and now Coach Underwood.”
The Chicago product is a proven scorer who could also share ball handling duties with a quartet of four-star freshmen guards in Skyy Clark, Ty Rodgers, Jayden Epps and Sencire Harris. “We’re still young and getting a fresh start, too,” Hawkins said. “I haven’t been part of a team that switches so much. I think we’re better because it’s easier to switch. I think the biggest thing to work on is our communication in those switches.”
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