The potential first-round NBA draft pick was accused of sexual assault in September and suspended from the team in a civil rights violation.
No. 3 Purdue rallied in the second half to beat No. 12 Illinois 77-71 on Tuesday night, winning consecutive regular-season championships.
The top NBA prospect was arrested this week and is accused of committing rape in Lawrence, Kansas, earlier in the year, officials said.
The Fighting Illini’s hopes for a conference crown were kept alive Sunday.
The Illinois high school boys basketball tournament had been held in Peoria for the last 25 years; girls state tourney will remain at ISU.
Daniel Romanchuk, of Urbana, was the first American since 1993 to win the men's push-rim wheelchair race in the Boston Marathon.
The likeness will honor the former Chicago Bear, who helped the Illini to a 1964 Rose Bowl win.
Former Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Andre Dawson is coming to Brick and Ivy Sports in Hoopeston on October 14.