It doesn’t happen very often, but when the Illini are able to secure a commitment from an extremely talented player over teams like Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, it gives the fanbase a much-needed jolt.
But Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports posed the question on Twitter, “how would people talk about Kofi Cockburn if he played at a blue blood?”
The context of what Rothstein is saying makes all the difference here. I took what he said as if Kofi would be playing for one of the blue bloods mentioned above, he would be talked about as one of the best players in the nation.