Jabari Parker said he will still consider committing to Illinois despite the firing of coach Bruce Weber.

"I was very disappointed," Parker said. "That was a person who first recruited me growing up. I feel like if the [new] coach there tried to recruit me they wouldn't have a better relationship than [Weber] had. That really plays a key.

"They'll still be in the mix because what we haven't been looking at is making our own state good," he added. "A lot of players they leave to go to these Kentucky's and Duke's, but they don't see the state and representing the area they're from."

Parker, the nation’s No. 1 junior, is mulling offers from Northwestern, Kentucky, Duke, Michigan State, North Carolina and Ohio State.