It was confirmed on Twitter by Bernard Kouma himself that he will not be suiting up for the Illini this season. From what I have deduced from the tweets and with talking to Kouma is that the NCAA didn’t validate some of the classes that he took over in his home country of Chad, in Africa.
Kouma explains more about his situation in a tweet.
“They asked for everything my school back home send it to them but I don’t know why. I come to this Country for a better education and play Basketball.