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Despite the University of Illinois dropping its investigation, former star guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has been ordered to stand trial on a rape charge in Kansas. Shannon was suspended from the basketball team in December when he was initially charged, stemming from an alleged incident in September. He was reinstated in January after missing six games after a federal judge …

For the first time in school history, the UConn Huskies are in the Final Four in consecutive years. The top-seeded Huskies continued their March Madness dominance since their national championship last year with a 77-52 victory over third-seeded Illinois. With less than 90 seconds left in the first half, the game was tied at 23, and it looked like the …