CHAMPAIGN, IL - JANUARY 11: Illinois Fighting Illini center Kofi Cockburn (21) celebrates after a play during the Big Ten Conference college basketball game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini on January 11, 2020, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
I am excited that the Illinois basketball team has a chance to have two players in the 2020 NBA Draft.
Both Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn made the Illini run last year. They were the engine to what ended up being a top-four Big Ten team and an NCAA tournament program for the first time since John Groce’s first year.