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After some tough times recruiting shooting guards, Illinois coach Bruce Weber finally has landed a big one. Alex Legion said Saturday he had chosen Illinois over Notre Dame after transferring from Kentucky. Legion cited the presence of new Illinois assistant coach Jerrance Howard, a former Illini player Weber hired before the season to replace Tracy Webster, who left for an assistant's job at Kentucky. Last spring Howard moved to Kentucky from Texas A & M with coach Billy Gillispie as a member of his operations staff. Howard built a bond with Legion during their four months together, Legion said.

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Alex Legion , AP Alex Legion , AP
December 23, 2007  10:00 AM ET

legion if the illini start sucking..."oh i'm not comfortable here, i want to transfer to prarie view"

December 23, 2007  12:08 PM ET

This guy is going to be trouble. Watch this situation closely. Remember that name: Alex Legion.

December 23, 2007  12:57 PM ET

We have plenty of guards coming in from '09 and '10 classes which means were protected if this guy is trouble. Otherwise welcome home Alex!

December 24, 2007  01:15 AM ET

This dude is as loyal as Nick Saban... no worries Illini fans.

December 24, 2007  09:55 AM ET

How many high schools did this kid go to...i know of at least 3 becuase one was in Michigan Counrty Day the other was Oak Hill and i colud of sworn there was another one.

His dad must be telling him to keep swicthing. Illioins is better than Kentucky

December 24, 2007  11:27 AM ET

I think it was just Country Day and Oak Hill. Say what you want about the kid, but he got the ball more at Oak Hill than he did at Country Day and Oak Hill has a LOT more talent. The DCD coach was spoiled by Shane Battier and felt every star should be unselfish and clutch like him.

December 24, 2007  02:23 PM ET

Sad we lost this kid but oviousley he has issues off the court

December 25, 2007  03:13 AM ET

LOL...this is funny

December 25, 2007  03:10 PM ET

He should have gone to Harvard (where his first coach now works). That way, he might make all-conference.

December 27, 2007  10:18 AM ET

Gillespie is a joke!!! Why would you want to stay at a school with someone as incompetant as him??? Kentucky should have never hired that goon. If there was any time to abandon ship, why not get out before it gets worse (which it will). Legion is 18, give him a break

December 28, 2007  02:20 PM ET

Legion, Trent Meachem, Demetri McCamey and Jamar Smith will make up the Illini backcourt next year. It ain't MSU quality, but it ain't bad.

December 29, 2007  06:04 PM ET

Kevin says "his dad must be telling him to keep swicthing. Illioins is better than Kentucky"

If that were the case, his dad would be an idiot. If this kid continues to be the whiner he seems to be, he and Bruce will get along very nicely. Also, I think you mean his mom. Alex's father has not been a part of his life.

January 4, 2008  12:40 AM ET

legion is trouble, plus he cried like a baby to come back and when they said no he then cried somemore , bye bye cry-baby 18 or not, my 18 year old don't cry .

 
January 5, 2008  08:01 PM ET

Hmm...Gillispie is a joke? I think maybe you should read a little bit more about this guys history before you go making comments as stupid as that. I do believe that he has turned programs around at two schools during his career. You just have to give a guy some time. Nothing is immediate. Nothing is foolproof. Everything is negotiable. As for Legion? He is free to make his own choices. If he chooses to leave Kentucky, the winningest basketball program in the NCAA, and go to Illinois then this is his choice. I just hope that he doesn't regret it later. NO team deserves a player as fickle as he.

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