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Jeff Jordan is talking with Illinois coaches about a possible return to the team. He was over at the Illinois basketball offices this afternoon prior to the team's workouts. (No, he didn't go through workouts and hasn't been working with the team since the spring.) The plan right now is to meet again with coaches tonight and throughout the week to figure out where this thing stands. Nothing has been finalized - the junior guard isn't back on the team - but there's at least a mutual interest and they're talking about it.

What do I think? I know the players want him back. They've been "re-recruiting" him since the spring. I think the coaches would like to have him back, and I don't think Jeff would be there if he didn't want to come back. From a basketball standpoint, Jordan would give them an experienced backup point guard, allowing Demetri McCamey and D.J. Richardson to play off the ball at times. That's a plus for Illinois, since they need McCamey to be a scorer, and Richardson, who right now is in line to be the secondary point guard, would be more effective on the wing. It also gives you another perimeter defender, and Bruce Weber can never have enough of those. From a locker room standpoint, he was one of the more popular teammates before he left the team in the spring. And there's only one walk-on in college basketball that makes the ESPN crawl if he returns to his former team. There's always that.

So we'll see what happens, if anything, but that's where it stands for now.