Illinois basketball a part of Brady Pettigrew’s worst kept official visit secret

The Illinois basketball program has been a part of some big-time recruitments since COVID.

That was the mark of when the Illini made the official turn toward relevance. Since 2020, we have been winning at the highest rate in program history, and Brad Underwood has been landing some of the top players in the country.

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Illinois has had four first-round NBA Draft picks in the past three years, and that number is sure to grow. If the Illini can land Brady Pettigrew in 2028, it is almost guaranteed to be another first-round selection.

On Thursday, Sam Kayser of League Ready reported that Pettigrew has started to schedule official visit dates. He will visit Michigan on September 12, Florida on September 25, Illinois on October 2, Ohio State on November 6, and Arkansas on January 1.

This is a massive recruitment for any of the programs mentioned above. Pettigrew is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound combo guard from Bolingbrook High School in Illinois. He is rated as a five-star recruit and ranked as the No. 14 player in the class of 2028. He is also the No. 1 combo guard in the country and the best player coming out of Illinois.

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It is exciting to see Illinois a part of the official visit list. Back in the day, you could only take five official visits, so the Illini would be right in the mix for Pettigrew with this list.

That isn’t the case anymore. The official visit news, and some other news that recently came out, reveals the worst-kept secret about Pettigrew’s recruitment.

All the big players are involved.

I don’t want to pooh-pooh the official visit list, but at this point in the recruiting game, all an official visit means is that the team is still involved. That is it.

Illinois getting an official visit is still awesome. That means we are in the mix. But on top of the five official visits that have been scheduled, League Ready also reported that North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UConn, and a few others could also get official visits.

So, at the end of the day, Pettigrew is…

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Publish date : 2026-08-14 00:18:00

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