Brad Underwood has a scholarship to work with again after rising junior Jermaine Hamlin reportedly entered the transfer portal Tuesday.
In two years at Illinois, Hamlin didn’t play all too much behind fellow big men Kofi Cockburn and Giorgi Bezhanishvili.
As a freshman, Hamlin saw the court 16 times, compared to only eight this year. In 2019-20, he played in eight Big Ten games, but the majority of his minutes came in the non-conference schedule. In his best game, he played 12 minutes against D-II Lindenwood going 3-for-3 with 8 points.