This isn’t TCR’s first Ode to Ayo, but this one actually is an ode.
You see, when I edited Ian Gold’s “Ode” to Ayo back in October 2017, I’m not sure I knew what an ode was. And now, 3.5 years later, do I know what an ode is? Not really, but I’m closer than I was back then.
In a lot of ways, it’s the exact same thing for the journey of Illinois Basketball during that time.
When Illinois started ‘recruiting’ Ayo Dosunmu, five-star Chicago product lighting it up with the Mac Irvin Fire, in the mid-2010s, Illinois Basketball was not Illinois Basketball.