Monday will be a big day for three South Sudanese basketball players who were rocketed into the news this week.

It also will be a big day for Mooseheart, the school near Batavia that the boys attend, as well as the surrounding community.

After sitting out last season – per Illinois High School Association transfer eligibility requirements – and playing several games this year, the three junior basketball players who came to Mooseheart from South Sudan were deemed Nov. 29 to be ineligible to play by IHSA executive director Marty Hickman.