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Illinois State in good shape during different recruiting season with one senior on basketball roster

If ever there was a year to have only one senior, this would be it.

On Thursday, the NCAA extended the recruiting dead period through Aug. 31 for all sports because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. For college basketball coaches, not being able to see prospective recruits in-person since mid-March — although they can still make phone calls and other correspondence — will make the Class of 2021 a different ball game.

"I feel really good we have only one senior," said ISU head coach Dan Muller. "We've got a guy sitting out (UMass power forward transfer Sy Chatman) that's in a similar position (to Fisher), and I feel really good about our young talent.