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What an odd feeling this must be for folks in Champaign. Bruce Weber went after a shooting guard and actually convinced him to enroll at Illinois.

Kentucky transfer Alex Legion chose Illinois over Notre Dame on Saturday night.

"It was a tough situation because they're both great schools, but it came down to relationships," the 6-foot-4-inch, 195-pound Legion said.

The relationship Legion is referring to is the one he has with Illinois assistant Jerrance Howard. Howard was recently added to Bruce Weber's staff after spending four months with Legion at Kentucky where he came along with Billy Gillispie from Texas A&M.

Unfortunately, Legion won't be eligible to play until next season, probably missing the first ten games, but this is still good news for the Illini. After thinking they had Eric Gordon before he left them at the altar for Indiana, and then having Quinton Watkins fail to qualify, the Illini are very thin at shooting guard right now and need all the help they can get.

They beat Missouri on Saturday, but on the season they're still shooting only 29% from three-point land and seemed destined to finish in the middle of the Big Ten again.