With this battle tested talent they may be ready from the get go. We'll have to wait and see. Everyone else has added pieces. Should be an exciting year.
It does ask the question,was he at UK because of his love for UK or was he at UK for Cal only? It's obvious he was backing his old coach rather than UK by wearing that nasty pig shirt. But the kid did give us a hell of a year.
It's all about the money. 99% of players because of the NIL don't give a **** about which university. Show me the damn money and I'll come and dribble and shoot the damn ball for you.
Illinois is physical as hell. If the cats don't match their physicality they may get run out of the arena. We've seen a few games this year when the cats backed down from a fight. They better be ready.