CHAMPAIGN (25News Now) - Former Illinois basketball stars Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley weren’t around long enough to smell the roses in Champaign last year, becoming the first “one-and-dones” in program history.
Although they didn’t spend much time in Central Illinois, the now NBA rookies spent All-Star Week back at their college home, something coach Brad Underwood is very proud of, noting, “that’s what this is all about...the relationships and all that are pretty cool...this is home.”
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