CHAMPAIGN — No current Illinois player or coach knows more about Braggin’ Rights heartbreak than Tracy Abrams. Of course, no current Illini has been at Illinois longer than Abrams.
The sixth-year point guard has experienced two Braggin’ Rights losses to Missouri — one as a freshman under Bruce Weber in 2011 and another as a sophomore under John Groce in 2012. But Abrams also set Illinois on its current path of three consecutive wins, knocking down a pair of clutch free throws in 2013.
“I know we had a losing streak before that game, and I was like, ‘I’ve got to find a way or do something to get this losing streak away,’ ” Abrams said.