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State’s Mr. Basketball feeling comfortable with pick, thanks to help from ex-Illini Hill, others
EDWARDSVILLE — Malcolm Hill was home in the Metro East on Wednesday but had to return to Champaign before Mark Smith's college announcement. So he told his mom, Machanda, she should go in his stead.
There's an indelible link between the two families.