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Illinois Basketball: Why Dosunmu won’t pick XU, WFU, NC ST, USC & UC

By Rees Woodcock

CHAMPAIGN, IL - DECEMBER 03: A general view of the Assembly Hall as the Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs on December 3, 2011 in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois defeated Gonzaga 82-75. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHAMPAIGN, IL - DECEMBER 03: A general view of the Assembly Hall as the Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs on December 3, 2011 in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois defeated Gonzaga 82-75. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – MARCH 08: The Wake Forest Demon Deacons’ bench reacts as the game goes into double over-time against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the opening round of the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum on March 8, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – MARCH 08: The Wake Forest Demon Deacons’ bench reacts as the game goes into double over-time against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the opening round of the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at the St. Pete Times Forum on March 8, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) /

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

For the first time since the 2009-2010 season, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons made the NCAA tournament, sort of. They were in a play-in game as a No. 11 seed and lost to Kansas State to get to the real first round of the postseason.

This big of an NCAA tournament drought is embarrassing for a program. The winning just isn’t there for this team and Dosunmu wants to win at the college level. Even Illinois, with a horrific coach, could make the NCAA tournament once in the last five years. This is a big negative for choosing Wake Forest.

The roster has some talent ahead of Dosunmu as well. Bryant Crawford will be a senior and starting in 2018. He dropped 16.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game as a sophomore. They are also bringing in four-star guard Chaundee Brown as well. This puts another possible player in front of Dosunmu on the roster.

Wake Forest does have a decently big name as their head coach in Danny Manning. But, if you aren’t familiar with his game a few decades ago, the name really doesn’t mean much. He also hasn’t been terribly successful as a coach either. He has only had one season with at least 20 wins in the five years he has been a head coach. That doesn’t exactly scream success.

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