WESTFIELD, Ind. — Matt Cross has added nearly a dozen high-major offers to his recruiting haul since the start of this spring's Nike EYBL season.
That those offers came after the 6-foot-7, 205-pound forward opened EYBL action in late April in Atlanta with three 20-point games (plus two more earlier this month in the Indianapolis suburbs in addition to a 30-point effort) is no coincidence.
Cause and effect, if you will.
Illinois was one of the 10 programs to offer Cross in the last month. The Illini's relationship, however, with the native of Beverly, Mass., dates back further.