The Illinois basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament in part because of the play of dynamic freshman Kasparas Jakucionis. The dangerous 6-foot-6, 205-pound guard averaged 15.0 points and 5. ...

The Illini returned to SC Derby – the team Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic played for – and landed 6-foot-9 forward David ...

There was a time earlier this season when Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis was a top-five lock in the 2025 NBA Draft, with ...

Kasparas Jakucionis, Egor Demin, and other top European prospects made the move from club basketball in Europe - Barcelona ...

Summary: Jakucionis is a slick shot-creator with a creative passing gene and a fearless scoring ability, carving up defenses ...

The Miami Heat's regular season ends this week. With a record below .500, many are beginning to focus on the NBA Draft. The Heat are projected to have two firs ...

Freshman Kasparas Jakucionis has had to learn how to deal with failure and grow from it. If he does, Illinois could be dangerous in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament. MILWAUKEE ...

The only focus is tomorrow’s game against Xavier, and that’s it.” Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis, right, shoots over Maryland’s Ja’Kobi Gillespie on Jan. 23, 2025, in Champaign.

Will Riley had 22 points, Kasparas Jakucionis finished one rebound shy of a triple-double and Illinois was perfect from the foul line in an 86-73 NCAA Tournament victory over Xavier on Friday night ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kentucky guard Koby Brea (4) handles the ball against Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis (32) during the ...

Jakicionis was born in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius in May of 2006. Vilnius has about 600,000 people and is the most populous city in the so-called Baltic states of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia ...