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Illinois Basketball: Recruiting pitch to Ayo Dosunmu

By Rees Woodcock

KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 09: Head coach Brad Underwood of the Oklahoma State Cowboys reacts from the bench during the quarterfinal game of the Big 12 Basketball Tournament against the Iowa State Cyclones at the Sprint Center on March 9, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 09: Head coach Brad Underwood of the Oklahoma State Cowboys reacts from the bench during the quarterfinal game of the Big 12 Basketball Tournament against the Iowa State Cyclones at the Sprint Center on March 9, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 06: Basketballs are shown in a ball rack before a semifinal game of the West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament between the Santa Clara Broncos and the Gonzaga Bulldogs at the Orleans Arena on March 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gonzaga won 77-68. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

No. 2 Location

The final two teams vying for Dosunmu’s commitment are Wake Forest and Illinois. These two teams have some nice things to offer him if he commits to their respective program. But, the Illini have one thing that is clearly better than the Demon Deacons. That one thing is location.

Wake Forest’s basketball arena has an address of 2825 University Pkwy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105. This address is 704 miles away from Chicago, Illinois and it has some tolls you would have to pay. That is roughly an 11 hour and 6 minute drive for Dosunmu’s family to come see him play basketball.

What that means is, Dosunmu’s family can’t see him play on weeknights, which about 80-percent of games are played on weeknights. That is a guestimate, so don’t quote me. But, Illinois isn’t a very far drive compared to the haul to Wake Forest.

Illinois’ basketball arena, the State Farm Center, is listed at 1800 S 1st St, Champaign, Illinois 61820. When you put that address into Google Maps, it is only a shot down I-57 and only 135 miles. That comes out to a nice 2 hour and 20 minute drive. It is actually a peaceful drive, really.

That isn’t a bad haul and Dosunmu’s family could make that on a weeknight and potentially still get back home and be to work the next day. Illinois is located much closer than Wake Forest and I think that has to be a huge recruiting pitch to Dosunmu.

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