Colbert absent from Illini basketball banquet

UI Men's Basketball Banquet 2015» moreSeniors, L-R- Ahmad Starks, Nnanna Egwu, Rayvonte Rice and Ryan Schmidt sing "Hail to the Orange" with Janet Leroy of the Champaign Kiwanis Club, during the 93rd Annual Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Banquet at the I Hotel in Champaign on Monday, April 13, 2015.For the 93rd consecutive year, the Kiwanis Club of Champaign sponsored the Illinois basketball program’s season-end banquet. Marcus Jackson highlights three things that stood out in the 2014-15 edition, held Monday at the I Hotel:

No Colbert

Sophomore forward Austin Colbert was the lone member of the team who did not attend the banquet. His mom, Brenda, accepted his awards on his behalf.…