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Eli Thomas, the 6-foot-9 big man from Lancaster (TX), enjoyed his weekend visit to Illinois and next trips to SMU Oct. 3.
“I enjoyed it,” he told SNY.tv. “Their fans are awesome. The coaches and people around campus treated me like I was one of the players on the team.”
Illinois is telling Thomas he can be a featured player if he goes there.
“To be the face of the program and make sure we win a national championship if I decided to go there,” he said.
Illinois on Tuesday added a pledge from point guard Jalen Coleman to go alongside fellow 2015 commits D.J. Williams and Aaron Jordan.
Thomas has already visited LSU and Oklahoma State and still has SMU Oct. 3 and Texas A&M Oct. 11.
