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Kasparas Jakucionis has officially made the decision to head off to the NBA, but it wasn't an easy choice to leave Illinois.
The 6-foot-6 Lithuanian guard is expected to be a lottery pick after a single season leading the Illinois basketball team.
Kasparas Jakucionis is trading in Illinois Fighting Illini orange and blue for the next level, as ESPN's Jonathan Givony ...
This week Illinois on SI will announce its 2024-25 men's basketball awards – one each, Monday through Friday – to honor the ...
After Illinois’s elimination in the NCAA Tournament last month at the hands of Kentucky, Kasparas Jakucionis spoke to members ...
Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley have declared for the 2025 NBA Draft, the team announced on Monday. Jakucionis averaged 15 ...
The Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team landed a commit from Serbian point guard Mihailo Petrovic on Tuesday, its latest ...
The Illini are slowly working their way up the preseason rankings – but still trail a number of Big Ten squads in one expert's early list ...
Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...
Illinois basketball is still waiting to land a big time transfer to replace Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley, who are off ...
Matt Daniels is sports editor at The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ...