On Thursday, the Illini were named among the teams who had contacted Ohio State transfer DJ Carton. He would be a great pick up for the Orange and Blue. But Carton wasn’t the only named dropped that Illinois was interested in on Thursday. Brad Underwood and the Illini coaching staff had also been in contact with Pittsburgh transfer Trey McGowens.
McGowens was a 6-foot-3, 175-pound combo-guard from Hargrave Military Academy and residing in Chatham, Virginia when he was originally being recruited. He was the No. 109 player in the class of 2018 and the No.