Can Tevian Jones and Ayo Dosunmu put a little life back into the No. 5 and No. 11 Illinois jerseys?
The path between those freshmen and Deron Williams and Dee Brown — the standard bearers for those numbers — has been bumpy. None of the players in between finished their Illini careers (Jalen Coleman-Lands, Aaron Cosby and Greg Eboigbodin all transferred).
Beat writer SCOTT RICHEY discusses the newcomers' numbers and more in his latest "Inside Illini Basketball" podcast and will take all your Illinois questions in his 12:30 p.m. Wednesday chat.