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  • The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

    WBIT quarterfinals: What you need to know

    Mar. 28—Who to watch Delanie Crawford, Tulsa. The 5-foot-11 junior guard has combined with forward Temira Poindexter to account for 56 percent of the Golden Hurricane's points. But Crawford has not just averaged 19.1 points but a team-best 5.8 rebounds and team-high 2.7 assists while shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 39.2 percent from beyond the arc. Makira Cook, Illinois. Adalia ...

  • The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

    NCAA tournament preview: No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 2 Iowa State; 9:10 p.m., Thursday

    Mar. 28—LINEUPS Illinois (28-8)StartersP Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown G/F Marcus Domask Gr. 6-6 16.1 Waupun, Wis. G Terrence Shannon Jr. Sr. 6-6 23.3 Chicago G/F Ty Rodgers So. 6-6 6.4 Saginaw, Mich. F Quincy Guerrier Gr. 6-8 9.8 Montreal F Coleman Hawkins Sr. 6-10 12.3 Sacramento, Calif. FYI: Domask really has just a single blemish on his postseason résumé the last two weeks with seven points on ...

  • The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

    Notes: Shannon's status a talking point again

    Mar. 28—BOSTON — A handful of national media was on hand in Omaha, Neb., last week for the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. More showed up Wednesday in Boston for a day's worth of press conferences and practice ahead of the Sweet 16. Which put Terrence Shannon Jr. back in the spotlight. Sort of. The Illinois guard continues to be unavailable following his late December arrest on a rape ...

  • The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

    Bob Asmussen | Is basketball heaven in the cards for Illini? We'll know in four games

    Mar. 28—CHAMPAIGN — On paper, the current Illinois men's basketball team shouldn't work. The Illini don't have a true point guard. The center is unconventional. The No. 2 option spent the bulk of his career in the Missouri Valley Conference. One of the starters is on his third school. The best shooter off the bench can be streaky. Not exactly a recipe for success. But it is working. So well in ...