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Illinois Basketball: 4 key point guard recruits for the future

By Rees Woodcock

Dec 21, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; The Illinois Fighting Illini cheerleaders run on the court before a basketball game against the Missouri Tigers at Scottrade Center. Illinois won 75-66. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; The Illinois Fighting Illini cheerleaders run on the court before a basketball game against the Missouri Tigers at Scottrade Center. Illinois won 75-66. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports /
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4. Marquise Walker

The Illinois basketball team will need some point guard help when the class of 2019 rolls around. They will have Te’Jon Lucas leading the way as a senior with Mark Smith and Trent Frazier also in the mix as juniors.

Of course, that prediction is based on all three still being with the Illini by then. They have a lot of talent so someone might get the call early to head to the NBA. But, we will cross that bridge when we get to it.

Illinois has big-time point guard targets in both the class of 2018 and 2020, but they need a bridge point guard from the class of 2019, though. That is where Marquise Walker could come into play.

Walker is a 6-foot, 170-pound point guard out of St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois. He is rated as a four-star recruit who is the No. 94 player in the class of 2019 and the No. 3 player in the state of Illinois.

Getting a talent like Walker would be big for the Illini. He has already visited the campus and loved the program. He was even reported to have been into the Illini so much that some people thought he would commit before last season started.

Walker is a talent that would thrive at Illinois. He is someone Underwood and his coaching staff should get because he would help build the program and create a recruiting rapport within the state.

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