Thread by @srrichey

The 2020-21 @IlliniMBB season starts tomorrow.

Since March 12, I've written 490 different items about Brad Underwood's team (and recorded an episode of my "Inside Illini Basketball" podcast for 36 straight weeks).

Some good reads/listens, a thread:

We'll start with the latest episode of the podcast. A season preview of sorts for the most hyped #Illini season in a decade-and-a-half. Find everywhere you get your podcasts. Or right here at IlliniHQ.com: bit.ly/3m3FOw5

New @IlliniMBB guard Adam Miller (@AceWolf44) was the N-G All-State Player of the Year after another standout season with Morgan Park (@EMPEHIAthletics) and just the fourth future #Illini to claim that honor since 2000. bit.ly/39aXbHx

In Adam Miller (@AceWolf) and Ayo Dosunmu (@AyoDos_11), @IlliniMBB was able to land top in-state talent. The growing success of the program has enhanced the #Illini brand within the state's borders: bit.ly/39aXuSH

Ayo Dosunmu (@AyoDos_11) said he was "chasing greatness" when he opted to return to @IlliniMBB for his junior year. That decision altered the course of this season, and the #Illini are the No. 8 team in the country in no small part because of that choice. bit.ly/3q1ck46

Multiple professional leagues pulled off successful bubbles this summer and into early fall. College basketball doesn't have the same luxury, but multiple stakeholders weighed in on what it might take to have a successful college hoops season. bit.ly/39doCR2

The No. 8 preseason #APTop25 ranking put this @IlliniMBB team in rather impressive company. Four former #Illini standouts weighed in on what a ranking like that means and how their own teams handled similar situations. bit.ly/33eHCeg