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Illini making effort to attract local talent

By Brendan Murphy
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Locking down the home terrain is imperative for any coach. Upon taking over for Bill Self at Illinois, Bruce Weber had some initial struggles recruiting Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Top-tier talents like Jon Scheyer (Duke), Julian Wright (Kansas), Sherron Collins (Kansas) and Derrick Rose (Memphis) left the state to play college ball. That trend appears to be changing. 2009 Illinois Mr. Basketball winner Brandon Paul will be the first player to earn that distinction and go on to ...

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