Agreed. Loyalty these days is hard to come by. A kid truly loyal to UIUC deserves respect for sticking through arguably our worst 4 year period ever, regardless of whether or not he's a star on the court.
Agreed..if we don't make the dance this year, AJ will join a handful (Hill, Morgan, & Tate) of guys that stayed 4 years and didn't get to ever dance. Last group to have that dubious distinction was in the mid 70's.