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Illinois Coach Brad Underwood Has Unique Expectations for Ty Rodgers

Illinois Coach Brad Underwood Has Unique Expectations for Ty Rodgers

Taking a redshirt year as a freshman – especially for a first-year player entering a competitive high-major program at age 18 or 19 – is still fairly common in college basketball.

Illinois Fighting Illini News / Illinois Fighting Illini on SI / April 1
Illinois Swingman Ty Rodgers Announces Decision on His Future

Illinois Swingman Ty Rodgers Announces Decision on His Future

The Illinois men's basketball team just parted ways with two roster players, but it also gained a beloved one back. On Tuesday, junior swingman Ty Rodgers, who redshirted the 2024-25 season, announced his return to the Illini.

Illinois Fighting Illini News / Illinois Fighting Illini on SI / January 9
Report: Ty Rodgers Expected to Return to Illinois Basketball in New Role

Report: Ty Rodgers Expected to Return to Illinois Basketball in New Role

When the last-second news broke that Illinois junior swingman Ty Rodgers would redshirt the 2024-25 season, speculation immediately turned to 1) why and 2) whether the team's most experienced returner would actually return to Champaign at all.

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The 'Naismith Men's Player of the Year Award winner' quiz

The 'Naismith Men's Player of the Year Award winner' quiz

The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball (in 1891), Dr. James Naismith.Can you name every men's college basketball player who has won the Naismith Award?

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