Orris can handle his role

When Illinois coach Bruce Weber visited Crete-Monee basketball practice last winter, he took note of everything Michael Orris was doing -- diving on the floor, directing his Warriors, leading the offense, communicating. Basically everything you'd want from a point guard.

But he also saw how the then-junior he'd just begun recruiting reacted to some adversity.

"Somebody beat him on a one-on-one, he'd jump up, (like) 'I'm going to stop ya,' " Weber said. "It's that kind of attitude that you want in your program."

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