CHAMPAIGN — Illinois got a one-hour team workout during the day on Monday. It was the 10th for the Illini since the team returned to campus late last month for the start of the school year with official practices
Assistant coach Orlando Antigua was headed back to Ubben Basketball Complex on Monday evening — after filling in for an under the weather Brad Underwood for a radio appearance on Monday Night Sports Talk — to work some more with Samba Kane. The freshman center wasn't on campus this summer, like fellow freshman Anthony Higgs, and is in catch up mode with the rest of his new teammates.