Three questions for Jereme Richmond

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Gentlemen, start your fax machines. Today, three highly touted prep basketball players are expected to ship their letters of intent to Bruce Weber, who has lined up his second consecutive nationally ranked recruiting class. Beat writer Paul Klee sat down with all three players in advance of their big day.

Jereme Richmond

6-7, F, Waukegan

Junior season: 20 ppg, 9 rpg, 3 apg, 2 bpg

Committed on: Nov. 22, 2006

Said he faxed his letter of intent to Illinois at 10:42 a.m. today

What do you expect when you get to Illinois?

"We're looking to get down here, to play hard, play together and definitely put the talent on one floor. Final Fours, back-to-backs, whatever you want to say."

After going through the process, would you recommend an early commitment?

"It just depends on what kind of situation you're in. In my situation I wanted to get it out of the way early, because I knew I would be bombarded by different colleges. For me, it was to get it out of the way early. That's all it was."

How long will you be at Illinois?

"It just depends on how hard I feel like working. It could be one (year), it could be four. If I did do four years, it wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen. But who knows?"

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