Illinois basketball coach Bruce Weber has been ripped (and not undeservedly) for his failure to attract top-notch recruits to Champaign.
But Weber has attracted one recruit who, although he's not expected to do much this season on the court, should do plenty to draw attention to the program. The recruit is Jeff Jordan, son of
Michael Jordan, and father and son are both doing what they can to promote the Illinois basketball team.
Jeff and Michael
had a sit-down with Matt Lauer for a Today show piece that will show how Jeff is adjusting to Illinois and how his old man feels about his son following in his footsteps. It sounds like it'll be a feel-good story, and a rare piece of good news surrounding the Illinois basketball program.
And the best may be yet to come, as Jeff's younger brother, Marcus (pictured with dad 14 years ago) is a junior in high school and considered a better prospect than Jeff. If Weber can land the other Jordan brother, it might help put to rest that talk that he can't recruit.
Michael Jordan Gives Illini Basketball a Boost - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog
10-17-2007, 04:53 PM
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