CHAMPAIGN – Inside the State Farm Center, Tracy Abrams is older than all of his teammates, some of the ushers and all of the furniture. He arrived before they started tinkering with the building’s ...

The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Scott Richey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Apr. 15—Former Illinois guard Tracy Abrams has made it a point to do as much as he could to give back to ...

The point Abrams is making at this stage in one of the longest recovery periods imaginable, is that an Illini basketball program that has missed three straight NCAA Tournaments doesn’t need to be ...

CHAMPAIGN – After two years of mostly silence, his lips zipped shut while his knee and ankle screamed in pain, Tracy Abrams finally has much to say. He could rattle on and on about his improved ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Illinois guard Tracy Abrams (13) goes up for a shot in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Indiana in the ...

CHAMPAIGN – Senior guard Tracy Abrams will miss the coming University of Illinois men’s basketball season after tearing the ACL in his right knee. Abrams suffered the injury during pre-season skill ...

Ryan Pedon has spent the bulk of his coaching career in the state of Ohio. First as a graduate assistant at Miami (Ohio). Then came a stint as director of basketball operations at Kent State before he ...

It was Senior Night Sunday in Lincoln, Neb., and Illinois used it as an excuse to let its own seniors set the gym on fire. While winning its third game in a row and its fourth in the last five, a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. INDIANAPOLIS • At first Illinois was just trying to find a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. An eight-game losing streak creates a ...

John Groce talks with Illinois' guard Tracy Abrams (13) in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 College/Prep Sports Reporter John Groce talks with ...