As the Sweet 16 plays out, beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey is focused on 2019-20. That includes an Illinois roster with the potential to end a long NCAA tournament drought. Two players key to that revivial: Tevian Jones and Alan Griffin.
CHAMPAIGN — Ayo Dosunmu and Giorgi Bezhanishvili became the first pair of Illinois freshmen to lead the team in scoring during Big Ten play. They both finished among the top five in program history for freshman scoring, with Dosunmu (13.8 points per game) fourth and Bezhanishvili (12.