Our “Way-Too-Early” Illini Starting Lineups

Since the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament, the Illinois Fighting Illini have lost:

PG Andre Curbelo (transferred to St. John’s)

PG Trent Frazier (graduation)

SG Alfonso Plummer (graduation)

SG Brandin Podziemski (transferred to Santa Clara)

G/F Da’Monte Williams (graduation)

PF Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk (transferred to South Carolina)

C Kofi Cockburn (NBA Draft)

C Omar Payne (transferred to Jacksonville)

For a brief period time things looked fairly bleak for the Illini. Many questions lingered: Who was going to take over the reins? How would this roster fare against the rest of the Big Ten? Who was going to score? Who were the leaders of the program going to be? It became clear that Illinois had to…