CHAMPAIGN — Tevian Jones spent the time from the end of the spring semester in mid-May and his return to campus earlier this month laying low. The Illinois sophomore guard didn’t spend much time in the gym. He used it instead as what he called “me time” to take care of himself.
Jones saw that downtime as important. His freshman season at Illinois epitomized the idea of a roller-coaster season. The four-star, top-100 recruit arrived in Champaign a year ago with some fairly lofty expectations on his shoulders as exactly the type of athletic wing the Illini coveted.