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Kofi Cockburn returning to Illinois for junior season
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Kofi Cockburn will be back in Champaign this fall, and he’ll have a chance to be the country’s best player.
The rising junior center announced on Friday that he intends to play for Illinois during the 2021-22 season. His decision follows months of doubt about whether he would ever play for the Illini again, after putting his name in the NBA Draft and later entering the transfer portal.
Nonetheless, Cockburn chose to return to Illinois rather than head to Kentucky which now has two of Illinois’ formers assistants or Florida State, a powerhouse for building big men.
That deception, and ball movement, are hallmarks mentioned on an MLB.com draft assessment of Boone.
Though not as high-profile a prospect as his rotation-mate McGreevy, Boone “was still impressing scouts with his ability to dominate opponents,” the MLB assessment said.
While his fastball velocity is below-average, topping out at 90 mph, Boone has shown “an ability to miss bats without premium stuff.”
“He commands the pitch well and isn t afraid to come up in the zone with it to get hitters to chase, and deception in his delivery allows it to play up. … He sells his 77-79 mph changeup, his best pitch, really well with good arm speed.”
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Brady House woke up Sunday morning, went to church, then returned to his bedroom. And then he waited. And waited some more.
“It felt like I was sitting in my room for two weeks,” House said. “It was a long day just thinking about things.”
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