When a new coach takes over, they tend to make some personnel changes. I get that.
But the pace at which the Illini basketball roster has seen players come and go since the 2016-17 season has been nothing short of breathtaking. We can (and probably will) question the value of these changes all offseason. Does Brad Underwood now have the roster he needs to take the next step? Or has the upheaval just been a symptom of a broken system? No one has the answers, and only time will truly tell. But a little bit of perspective can show just how drastically the locker room has changed over the past two years, for better or for worse.