He reportedly considered returning to Stanford in the transfer portal, and North Carolina was also deemed a finalist in his quasi-free agency in the name, image and likeness era.

Andrej Stojakovic, who blossomed in his one year at Cal before entering the transfer portal, will play basketball at Illinois next season, he announced on Monday. One of the highest-rated players in the transfer portal,

The Illini finished 22-13 overall last season, finishing seventh in the Big Ten at 12-8. Head coach Brad Underwood's squad qualified for the NCAA tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region and defeated Xavier before falling to Kentucky in the second round.