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Jordan To Return To Illinois Basketball?

Just read this article on ESPN.  Can't say I'm surprised.  I thought he quit right when he was about to potentially get more playing time.


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Four months after he hung up his Air Jordans at Illinois, guard Jeff Jordan is talking to coaches about coming back.


Michael Jordan's oldest son left the team in June after playing for two seasons. He said then that he wanted to focus on school.


Illinois spokesman Derrick Burson said Thursday that Jeff Jordan recently met with assistant coaches about a possible return. Jordan hasn't yet met with head coach Bruce Weber.


Jordan walked on at Illinois before winning a scholarship last year. Weber had said he could win serious playing time this season.


Jordan wrote last month on his Twitter feed that he wanted to work out with his former team "like old times."

 
 
   
 

Panel to Investigate Admissions at U. of Illinois
CHICAGO — Gov. Patrick J. Quinn of Illinois appointed a panel on Wednesday to investigate accusations that the University of Illinois admitted hundreds of applicants based largely on their political connections.

Mr. Quinn said the Admissions Review Commission would look into 800 applicants who, as first reported by The Chicago Tribune, won spots at the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus after intervention from state lawmakers and university trustees. The Tribune said these students, whose names appeared on an internal list, were admitted even though some did not meet the university’s admission standards.


“We want to make sure that the taxpayers, parents and students of Illinois know there is no kind of special process where individuals who have less qualifications are admitted because of their political influence or clout,” Mr. Quinn, a Democrat, said. The University of Illinois, which has three campuses, is considered the state’s most prestigious public university.


The commission, which is to complete its work in 60 days, will be led by Abner Mikva, a retired federal judge and former state legislator and congressman, who had been a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Mikva said the panel should not be as concerned about meting out punishment as with ensuring that any patronage influence in the university’s admission practices would not be tolerated.

 
 
 

   
Jeff Jordan Granted Basketball Scholarship
Jeff Jordan is beginning to prove that basketball ability really does run in the family.

Michael Jordan's son walked on at Illinois last year, but coach Bruce Weber said Thursday that the sophomore guard has earned a scholarship.


Jordan is averaging almost 10 minutes a game off the bench for Illinois (16-3), which is enjoying a remarkable turnaround after going 16-19 last season. Jordan is averaging just over a point a game, but has become a key contributor on defense.


Jordan turned down a scholarship offer from Valparaiso to walk on with the Illini (T-24 ESPN/USA Today, No. 25 AP). He played about 5 minutes per game as a freshman.


Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press



 
 
   
 

Illinois Dismisses Smith
URBANA, Ill. -- Junior guard Jamar Smith was dismissed from the Illinois men's basketball team on Thursday, two days after a prosecutor asked a judge to revoke his probation for allegedly drinking alcohol. Coach Bruce Weber said Smith's decision to violate terms of a personal agreement for his return to the team left him without a choice.

"At this time, Jamar and his family need to focus their attention on the issues that have brought Jamar to this point," Weber said in a statement posted on the team's Web site. "For the good of our program and players we need to move forward and prepare for the 2008-09 season."


 
 
 

   
Still Nothin' Doin'
I'm only now getting a chance to write in this thing.  It's not that I've really been all that busy, I just never think to come on here anymore.  Hopefully I can get back into the habit.

Thursday was a big disappointment for Illinois basketball fans like myself.  A double-overtime loss to rival Indiana will leave a bad taste in your mouth. Smiley

Illinois

Seriously, nothing else is really going on.  I've been going to a lot of my brother's basketball games.  I am still single.  I'm thinking about going to grad school next year.  I just don't know.
 
 
   
 

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