Brad Underwood received some bad news on Tuesday night when rising star Alan Griffin decided to pack up his bags and depart the program. This departure came as a surprise to just about everyone who loves the basketball team. While the transfer portal has hurt us a little bit over the past 24 hours, it also might be a golden opportunity to improve our team as well.
Illinois has started to pursue a lot of transfers this offseason. It seems like the Illini have been associated with just about every player who has entered his name into the portal.