Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your every day dose of school basketball information from Illini author and AP High 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll present data every morning about Brad Underwood’s crew:
Illinois freshman Ty Rodgers joined an elite group on Sunday when he received a gold medal enjoying for the US crew within the FIBA U18 Americas Championship. Rodgers is the 16th Illini to compete internationally (all with the US, except in any other case specified). Deron Williams is probably the most prolific within the group, with 4 medals in 5 occasions. Full record:
olympics
Deron Williams – 2008 (gold) and 2012 (gold)
Robert Archibald (UK) – 2012
Jens Kujawa (Germany) – 1992
FIBA World Championship
Tal Brody – 1967 and 1970
Rick Schmidt – 1974 (bronze)
Kiwane Garris – 1998 (bronze)
FIBA Tour of the Americas
Deron Williams – 2007 (aur)
Pan American Video games
George BonSalle – 1959 (gold)
World College Video games
Craig Tucker – 1979 (gold)
Jerry Hester – 1997 (gold)
Cory Bradford – 1999 (gold)
FIBA U18 American Championship
Dee Brown – 2002 (bronze)
Deron Williams – 2002 (bronze)
Jereme Richmond – 2010 (gold)
Ayo Dosunmu – 2018 (aur)
FIBA U19 World Championship
Dee Brown – 2003
Deron Williams – 2003
Meyers Leonard – 2011
FIBA U20 American Championship
Brian Cook dinner – 2000 (silver)
FIBA U21 World Championship
Brian Cook dinner – 2001 (gold)
