On Thursday night, two draft titans in Illinois’ guard Kasparas Jakucionis and Maryland center Derik Queen met in a stout Big Ten matchup, with the former coming away with a blowout win. A small ...

"Whether it was the fouls against Kasparas Jakucionis, whether it was the flagrants and the reviews in the Michigan and Northwestern game." "Whether it was the end of the Providence-Villanova game ...

Forced to pick one team among the bunch to emerge, it would be Illinois, which lost 80-78 on Sunday at Michigan State with freshman phenom Kasparas Jakucionis fouling out in just nine minutes of ...

3. Kasparas Jakucionis. 29. . G. Kasparas Jakucionis. Illinois . 3 The Spurs need a point guard to take over for Chris Paul. Enter Kasparas Jakucionis, the plucky Illinois freshman who probably ...

As always, he was complimentary of Izzo and his squad, but also frustrated about the fouls called on his star point guard Kasparas Jakucionis. You can see his quotes below. ‘Best player in the game ...

One of the chips that didn’t fall in Illinois’ direction was the refereeing. Star guard Kasparas Jakucionis got called for two early fouls, which made him sit for much of the first half.

In a clash of two of the best teams in the Big Ten, Illinois basketball fell just short against Michigan State 80-78 in a tightly contested battle. Despite a hot start to the game, Illinois ran ...

Illini star Kasparas Jakucionis was held to season lows in points (three) and minutes (nine) because of foul trouble. Fellow freshman Will Riley came off the bench to pick up the scoring slack in ...

It’s a heavyweight tilt in the Big Ten this Sunday as the 19th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini visit the 12th-ranked Michigan State Spartans. Illinois enters having won six of its last seven ...

EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo showed Kasparas Jakučionis his utmost sign of respect. He wouldn’t even try to pronounce his name. But Michigan State basketball’s Hall of Fame coach had plenty to ...