The departure of the junior big man will force the coaching staff to shake up the depth chart.
A bad offseason got even worse for the Fighting Illini on Friday night when junior forward Darius Paul was officially dismissed from the program following his latest arrest in France. There have been a few suspensions handed out during the Groce era (Paul, Aaron Cosby, and Rayvonte Rice), but this is the first time that a player has actually been kicked off the team.
Here's how the situation will impact the team in 2015 and beyond.