Josh Whitman elected to sit out the 2016 iteration of the college basketball coaching carousel, but the moves from other programs are starting to impact the Fighting Illini. On Friday, Georgia Tech made a puzzling decision to hire Josh Pastner as their new head coach. Before leaving Memphis, however, Pastner landed a commitment from four-star point guard and Illinois 'Mr. Basketball' award-winner Charlie Moore (Chicago, IL).
Moore, who proceeded to re-open his recruitment almost immediately after the news broke, was one of Illinois' top targets last Fall. The five-foot-ten, 165-pound Morgan Park HS product has already heard from Wisconsin, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, and a host of other high-major programs.