Illini to battle Quincy in final tuneup before regular season

Now that the freshmen have had an opportunity to play in front of a crowd at the Assembly Hall, the competition for starting positions will heat up Sunday. Weber said he'll abandon the scripted playing times of last week in favor of letting players earn their time on the court.

"This game, it's not going to be a game planned minutes ahead of time, it's going to be ongoing out there and (they will be) performing and doing some of the things we asked, or we're going to put somebody else in," Weber said. "I still want to get as many people as we can in and get them a lot of solid minutes, especially the young guys. But at the same time, I need guys to continue to fight to earn minutes by their production."

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