The Class of 2017 is of utmost importance to the Illinois men's basketball program.
It has produced one of the state's most deepest classes in recent memory, with John Groce already landing Belleville East guard Javon Pickett and Peoria Manual guard Da'Monte Williams, son of former Illini standout Frank Williams.
Might more help be in store for a program desperate to end a three-year NCAA tournament drought in 2017? Possibly.
Jeremiah Tilmon is the latest recruit drawing big buzz about whether the five-star recruit lands at Illinois or a blue blood program like Kansas, Kentucky or North Carolina.