Chicago native helped Illinois basketball to a Big Ten Conference title and national prominence in the mid-1980s.

"Very humble, very generous and very loving," Illinois teammate and close friend Bruce Douglas said of Winters. "You could always count on Big E.” ...

"He the nicest guy I ever played basketball with," former Illini teammate Doug Altenberger ... Atlanta Hawks in the fourth round of the 1986 NBA draft. He didn't make the Hawks, and never played ...

Illini star Kasparas Jakucionis was held to season lows in points (three) and minutes (nine) because of foul trouble.

To scores of Fighting Illini fans in the 1980s, the lob pass from Bruce Douglas to Efrem Winters was both a thing of beauty ...

Kendall Bostic is now the Illinois women's basketball all-time rebounding leader.

Earlier this week, the Illinois Fighting Illini saw a dominant ... He has scouted and covered the NBA draft for the last five years, with experience analyzing players at all levels.