Heading into a pretty big season for the Illinois basketball program, not everyone sees the team as elite.
We are now entering year five of the Brad Underwood era, and the Illini have made back-to-back NCAA tournaments. Last season, the Orange and Blue got over the hump and earned a No. 1 seed after running through the Big Ten en route to a conference tournament title.
After losing our best player in Ayo Dosunmu, the Illini return most of their contributing roster. The biggest returnee is big man, Kofi Cockburn.