CHAMPAIGN — Aaron Jordan remembers the last Flyin' Illini reunion well.
Back in town to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their Final Four, the 1988-89 squad was on hand for quite the game. Rayvonte Rice, Tracy Abrams, Jon Ekey and Joe Bertrand all scored in double figures, and Illinois jumped on Penn State early before running away in the second half for a 75-55 blowout.
Jordan, a junior at Plainfield East at the time, watched that 20-point win from the bleachers next to the Illinois bench. Bleachers that no longer exist after the Assembly Hall to State Farm Center renovations.