One of the all-time greats is getting his jersey retired next month.
Illinois has announced that January 6th’s game against Maryland will be “Ayo Night,” featuring a ceremony to raise Ayo Dosunmu’s No. 11 jersey into the State Farm Center rafters.
It goes without saying that Dosunmu was one of the best Illini to ever put a jersey on — but what makes his story special is that he helped put Illinois back on a national map, and raise expectations into a perennial tournament team. Not to mention, he did it all as a Chicago boy for the team he grew up watching.