The college basketball season tips off in earnest this weekend, and the exciting prospect at the University of Illinois is the freshman guard Jeff Jordan - the eldest son of the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan.
The interesting thing is that Jeff is a student at Illinois on an academic scholarship - having turned down basketball scholarship offers from other colleges - and then got a place on the Fighting Illini squad as a walk-on.
Jeff's college biographical note states: "Father's basketball accomplishments are far too great to even attempt listing", which is about right.
Update: Jeff Jordan came off the bench for exactly three minutes of court-time in Sunday's game - a "late cameo" according to the Chicago Tribune - scoring nil points. Illinois beat Northeastern 63-55. The legend begins.
