The Champaign Room · Nov 7, 2023
Finding the player to round out Illinois’ Big Three
TCR // David PollakEvery Illini team of the Brad Underwood era has had some sort of “Big Three” in one way or another. It’s not just an Illinois thing either; having a Big Three is something that occurs on pretty much every basketball team no matter of level.
For the Illini’s past five years, it has been:
18-19: Dosunmu, Frazier, Bezhanishvili
19-20: Dosunmu, Cockburn, Feliz
20-21: Dosunmu, Cockburn, Frazier
21-22: Cockburn, Plummer, Frazier
22-23: Shannon Jr., Mayer, Hawkins
It is pretty clear who the top two will be this year with Terrence Shannon Jr. and Coleman Hawkins returning, but the battle for number three is one that might take some time.
The potential options
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