One more week, Illini fans.

Basketball is on the horizon. This Friday marks one week until Illinois’ exhibition game against Quincy. Luckily, this Friday is also Halloween, so you’ll have something to distract yourself with while waiting for the season.

So while I’m sure the Illini are rigorously gameplanning for the Hawks, the players deserve to have some fun on Halloween like the rest of us.

Here are the perfect costumes for members of the Illinois basketball team:

Aaron Cosby: Bill Cosby

At this point, some variation of a “Cosby Show” nickname seems inevitable for Cosby, so why not embrace it on Halloween? All Aaron has to do is throw on an ugly sweater and I’m sure people will get the reference.

Kendrick Nunn: Superman

I borrowed this idea from a picture on Nunn’s Instagram account (@kingnunn25), where he rocks a (presumably photoshopped) Superman costume under his clothes with the caption “#SuperNunn.” It’s a good look, and we know he won’t back down from a fight after last year’s scrap with Penn State’s D.J. Newbill. Hopefully his injured knee won’t be his Kryptonite this season. 

Leron Black: Optimus Prime

I’m sticking with the Instagram/superhero theme for this one. Soon after his commitment to the Illini in 2013, Black posted a photoshopped picture to his Instagram account of his head on an Optimus Prime transformer body. The caption: “Leronicus Prime.”

Nnanna Egwu: Ping pong ball

Hear me out on this one. Egwu currently has the most upside on the current roster in the eyes of NBA scouts, with his plus defense and 6-foot-11 frame. Don’t be surprised to see Egwu’s name pop up on NBA mock draft boards if he turns in a strong senior season.

For his costume, Egwu could go for some subtle foreshadowing by dressing up as a giant ping pong ball to represent the NBA draft lottery. It might not be the most modest costume you’ve ever seen, but if he ends up getting drafted he’ll (I’ll) look like a genius.

Malcolm Hill: Uncle Drew II

Kyrie Irving made the “Uncle Drew” character from the Pepsi commercials popular by dressing up as an old man and schooling unsuspecting streetballers, ringer-style. Just imagine Hill posing as a washed-up 6-foot-7 old man, limping around the Six Pack outdoor courts. All he’d need to do is get in a pick-up game, and before you know it, he’s hustling U of I students out of their trick-or-treat candy. 

John Groce: Jim Furyk

All Groce needs to do is hit up Illini men’s golf coach Mike Small for some spare clubs, and he’s set. Groce has been mistaken for the PGA Tour golfer on the street before, and this is just a case of having a doppelganger who’s a professional athlete. If he’s sick of being mistaken for Furyk, he could always solidify his reputation as a coffee-lover and dress up as a giant Starbucks cup. (Think Justin Timberlake when he played a giant Cup of Soup on Saturday Night Live). I envision coffee endorsements in Groce’s future.

Alex is a junior in AHS. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @aroux94.