Each Monday, sports editor Matt Daniels gets your morning kick-started with that to expect this week from The News-Gazette.
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College basketball never stops. Especially around these parts. Which is why Illinois beat writer Scott Richey spent part of his vacation last week — he volunteered to do these interviews, showing his dedication to his job — talking to returning Illini Te'Jon Lucas and Kipper Nichols. Richey spotlighted Lucas, the Milwaukee point guard who came on late in his freshman season, in today's section, and on Tuesday, he'll dive deeper into Nichols, who had some promising moments in his first season last year at Illinois.