CHAMPAIGN, IL - DECEMBER 11: The Illinois bench reacts during a college basketball game between the Michigan Wolverines and Illinois Fighting Illini on December 11, 2019 at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Illinois basketball team’s season begins this Wednesday, but who will be the team’s most valuable player for the 2020-21 campaign?
Illinois star players Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn will both be returning to the Illinois Fighting Illini this season after initially declaring for the 2020 NBA draft. Along with Dosunmu and Cockburn, the Illini have a few other key returnees, such as guards Trent Frazier and Da’Monte Williams, as well as forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili.