Weber, Illini seek experience jackpot

Coach Bruce Weber hopes this experience will help the Illini be more prepared for their ACC/Big Ten Challenge trip to Clemson on Wednesday. He would like to see freshman phenoms Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson play well away from their Assembly Hall home. And he expects his junior core of Demetri McCamey, Mike Davis and Mike Tisdale to become as long-run dependable as the casinos coming out ahead of the gamblers.

''The juniors have to be the guys that are leading the wagon,'' Weber said. ''Let the freshmen jump on for a ride and have big games off and on.''

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