Illinois Basketball is unquestionably limping into the 2015/16 season. Consider the oft-referenced dismissal of Darius Paul, and the disappointing injury of 5th year senior Tracy Abrams. However, what many people have lost site of in all of the bad news is that Head Coach, John Groce, secured a top 20 recruiting class this year.
Paul was a part of that equation, but the primary factors in that ranking were a trio of 4-star shooters: Jalen Coleman Lands, DJ Williams, and Aaron Jordan.
Groce stated in a press conference earlier this year that he would put this class of shooters up against any team in the country.