CHAMPAIGN — How important could a healthy Jalen Coleman-Lands be for the Illinois basketball team this season?
Well, if you think back to last year’s Illini team, one of the major weaknesses was shooting the ball, particularly from the perimeter, where it shot 35.5 percent from beyond the three-point line.
The Illini needed a good shooter and, according to coach John Groce, they’ve added that with Coleman-Lands.
“He is a ridiculous shooter,” Groce said of his freshman guard. “He’s about as good as any freshman shooter I’ve recruited as a freshman coming in. You think of Archie Miller at N.