Quinton Watkins enrolling at San Diego State

It's good to see Quinton Watkins is planning to play college basketball after all, and in Southern California. He is planning to play at San Diego State, and will be eligible to play next season. Good luck, Quinton.

Update: Aztec fans want to know the source of the story, and it is rivals.com, look at the bottom of the page for the story. By the way, we could have used help at the guard position this year, but doubt Watkins would have been enough. Now we have lots of help coming in 2009 and 2010, so Illini fans need patience.

Quinton Watkins back to California

In some unfortunate news, the Illini announced that star recruit Quinton Watkins did not make it through the mysterious process of the NCAA clearinghouse, and therefore could not qualify for the basketball program this season. To retain flexibility for Watkins, he did not start school this fall, and is determining his best options on moving forward.

While I have seen cases of clearinghouse issues, I cannot recall a student athlete that spends several months on campus as Quinton did, prior to being sent home. If he met the requirements of Illinois for admission, why not get him in school to start working on his degree this fall and keep him off the floor to preserve options?

Maybe someone can shed some light on the Illini strategy here, and there are rumors over whether he will be back or not.

Quinton Watkins signed by Illinois for 2007 Class

Today the Chicago Tribune confirmed, as expected, Quinton Watkins officially signed to accept a basketball scholarship at Illinois this fall. Quinton has been covered for quite some time here after making his verbal commitment to the Illini. His stock has moved up during his senior year, and he can score. Article

Quinton Watkins scores season high 29

Illini recruit Quinton Watkins is really coming on from a scoring standpoint, just scored 29 points in one game for his team, article.