Big Ten guard was not expected to drop to No. 20 overall, but he fittingly came right before a fellow teammate ...

Illini freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley were selected by the Miami Heat and Utah Jazz with the No. 20 and No. 21 ...

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History was made for Fighting Illini Basketball on Wednesday night, as freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis (Vilnius, Lithuania) and ...

Fighting Illini women’s basketball standout and two-time University of Illinois graduate Kendall Bostic has joined the ...

Fortunately for Jakucionis, the former Illini guard landed in a dream situation when he was selected in Wednesday's 2025 NBA Draft by the league’s premier developmental organization: the Miami Heat.

Revenue sharing, actual guidelines for name, image and likeness part of changes spurred by House vs. NCAA settlement ...

On Wednesday, the Miami Heat drafted Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis with the 20th pick in the NBA Draft. After he was ...

Four players with Illinois ties began their NBA journeys Wednesday night when they heard their names called during the first ...

With the No. 21 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz selected Illini forward Will Riley on Wednesday night.

Illini freshman Kasparas Jakucionis was selected by the Miami Heat with the No. 20 overall pick. Jakucionis was projected as a lottery pick by most experts, but falls to the Heat in the top 20.

Party like it is 2005.Illinois basketball had two first round NBA draft picks for the first time in 20 years. That's when ...