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

The conference race is clear at the top but cloudy in the middle with at least 10 teams capable of reaching the NCAAs.

But Riley made his own adjustments as the season wore on, and averaged 15.9 points (on 48.1 percent field goal shooting) while boosting his playmaking contributions (2.9 assists) over Illinois' final ...

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 round of the NBA draft. Joliet native Jeremiah Fears went at No. 7 to the ...

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No, not Walter Clayton Jr. for the Miami Heat, but rather skilled guard Kasparas Jakucionis out of Illinois at No. 20 in NBA ...

Lithuanian guard Kasparas Jakucionis, who starred for Illinois basketball for one season, was selected by the Miami Heat at No. 20 in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Illinois forward Will Riley (7) and Little Rock's forward Nikola Milosevic (19) in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm ...

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.

After all, ESPN’s NBA Draft expert Jonathan Givony ranked Jakucionis as the 10th-best prospect in the 2025 draft class. The Athletic’s NBA Draft expert Sam Vecenie listed Jakucionis as the ...

On Wednesday night, Winger and Dawkins made another move. They traded the draft rights to 18th pick Walter Clayton Jr. to the ...