This week, Tim Floyd and his staff have handed out seven offers with an emphasis on recruiting the Chicago area as the start of a live recruiting period began September 9th.
One of the highest rated offers went out to 6'3, 2018 Chicago guard Ayo Dosunmu who is a consensus four-star prospect, and is rated as the top player in Illinois for the class of 2018 by 247Sports.
UTEP offered another Chicago guard, 2017 point guard Evan Gilyard who is an ESPN 3-star prospect and hails from the same Chicago high school Derrick Rose went to at Simeon Career Academy.