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Illinois Basketball: Alan Griffin’s apology is a growing moment

Alan Griffin took to Twitter to post an apology letter to Sasha Stefanovic, Coach Matt Painter, the Purdue basketball team, the Illinois coaches, his teammates and to Illini Nation for the stomp that happened in the game on Tuesday.

This apology was needed as the incident was ugly. There is no reason for anyone on the basketball court to stomp on anyone. Griffin made a huge error.

But the first step in correcting everything is an apology. Boneheaded decisions happen, especially at the age of 19 years old. I can’t tell you how many dumb decisions I had made by that point.