Illinois Fighting Illini 30 for 30: My Favorite Illinois Men's Basketball Players of My 30-Year Fandom, By Commitments

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After recently finishing the list of my 30 favorite Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players during my 30-year fandom, I thought it would be interesting to break down these players by which head coaches each player committed to. 

Remember this list began with players on the 1996-1997 Illinois team, the season my fandom for the Fighting Illini really took shape. 

With this in mind, here are the rankings:

1. Brad Underwood secured commitments from 10 of my 30 favorite Illinois men's basketball players. 
2. Lon Kruger secured commitments from 8 of my 30 favorite Illinois men's basketball players. 
3. Bill Self and Bruce Weber tied for third, with each securing commitments from 5 of my 30 favorite Illini basketball players.
   
4. Tied between Self and Weber. 
5. Lou Henson and John Groce tied for fifth, with each securing 1 of my 30 favorite Illinois men's basketball players. 

Make the jump to see which of my favorite 30 Illinois basketball players of my 30-year fandom committed to which coach. 

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Committed to Lou Henson (1): 
#27 Kevin Turner. 

Committed to Lon Kruger (8):
#17 Robert Archibald. 
#15 Frankie Williams. 
#14 Marcus Griffin. 
#13 Sergio McClain. 
#11 Lucas Johnson. 
#9 Damir Krupalija. 
#5 Cory Bradford. 
#1 Roger Powell Jr.  

Committed to Bill Self (5):
#20 Jack Ingram. 
#6 James Augustine. 
#4 Luther Head. 
#3 Dee Brown. 
#2 Deron Williams. 

Committed to Bruce Weber (5): 
#29 Marcus Arnold. 
#26 Mike Davis. 
#24 D.J. Richardson.
#23 Tyler Griffey. 
#16 Brandon Paul. 

Committed to John Groce (1):
#25 Trent Frazier. 

Committed to Brad Underwood (10):
#30 Morez Johnson Jr. 
#28 Matthew Mayer. 
#22 Will Riley. 
#21 Dain Dainja. 
#19 Marcus Domask.
#18 Tomislav Ivisic. 
#12 Alfonso Plummer. 
#10 David Mirkovic. 
#8 Terrence Shannon Jr. 
#7 Keaton Wagler.