Troy Gentle's weekly update on the five players headed Bruce Weber's way and the two players headed Jolette Law's way:

TRACY ABRAMS (Mount Carmel) – He sat out the fourth quarter with a hyperextended elbow but is expected to play in Friday's regional championship against Hyde Park.

Henry also has scholarship offers from Illinois State, Nevada, Saint Louis and Baylor. The blossoming wing likely will earn even more high-major interest if he shows his improved skillset with the Chicago-based Rising Stars AAU program during the summer circuit.

"I just adapted to it," Henry said. "It's been fun."

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Can Jereme Richmond make it two years in a row that an Illinois recruit wins Mr. Basketball? The voting is around the corner.

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Two guys inside the Assembly Hall on Saturday can boast that they've won an ESPY award. Michael Jordan has a bunch, and Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber's got one, too.

JEREME RICHMOND (Waukegan) – Evanston had no answer for Richmond's 30-point effort Friday as Waukegan rallied to win 86-71. The next night, his double-double (16 points, 13 rebounds) helped the Bulldogs defeat Whitney Young 59-42 at the City-Suburban Shootout.

On Wednesday, he had 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead Waukegan over Deerfield 93-87 for the Central Suburban League Conference title.

After sending a 47-yard field goal straight through the uprights during November's IHSA Class 7A state championship game, Wheaton Warrenville South kicker Nick Immekus had made up his mind. He didn't want the state title game -— WWS defeated Glenbard West 31-24 in double overtime — to be his last at Memorial Stadium.

So Immekus recently accepted a preferred walk-on roster spot at Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN - Jereme Richmond will arrive at Illinois with a distinguished pedigree.

That of a McDonald's All-American.