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Illinois Basketball: Top 7 transfers the Illini are pursuing

By Rees Woodcock

CHAMPAIGN, IL - FEBRUARY 09: Illinois Fighting Illini Head Coach Brad Underwood looks up at the scoreboard to check out a replay during the Big Ten Conference college basketball game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini on February 9, 2019, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.(Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHAMPAIGN, IL - FEBRUARY 09: Illinois Fighting Illini Head Coach Brad Underwood looks up at the scoreboard to check out a replay during the Big Ten Conference college basketball game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini on February 9, 2019, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.(Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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COLLEGE PARK, MD – DECEMBER 07: Head coach Brad Underwood of the Illinois Fighting Illini reacts to a play during the second half of the game against the Maryland Terrapins at Xfinity Center on December 7, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

The Illinois basketball program has lost some talent, but the offseason brings the transfer portal to replenish some of the players who departed.

Illinois has used the transfer portal to their advantage in years past. Jacob Grandison and Austin Hutcherson will be joining the team this upcoming season. This past year, Andres Feliz and Kipper Nichols both helped the Illini get back to the NCAA tournament for the first time in years.

We are now moving onto a new offseason and the transfer portal is heating up. Illinois did lose both Tevian Jones and Alan Griffin to transfer since the season concluded. That opens up two spots that were much-needed for the Orange and Blue. But how are we going to replace these two talented players?

Over the past few weeks, the Illini have been contacting players who have entered the transfer portal. The Illinois name has been mentioned with a variety of talented transfers from all over the country. Brad Underwood knows what he wants and how close we are to making the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.

Snagging one of these transfers is priority number one right now for this program. We need to build more depth on the roster. A couple of transfers would accomplish this goal.

Here are the top 7 transfers the Illini are pursuing.

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