What you need to know about the Shootout at the Hall
December 11, 2009 9:13 PM
What's in a name?
Plenty, if that name belongs to Deron Williams. One of the heroes of the Illini's march to the 2005 NCAA title game - and now the face of the Utah Jazz - Williams is lending his name and financial support to the Shootout. "It's something Coach (Bruce) Weber had talked to me a little bit about," Williams said. "He thought it would help out the program by getting a lot of the top kids down there, inner-city schools down there, and playing some good games." Williams, himself a member of a program-changing recruiting class, expects Illini recruiting efforts to benefit from connecting his name to the Shootout.
Jeff Huth
Plenty, if that name belongs to Deron Williams. One of the heroes of the Illini's march to the 2005 NCAA title game - and now the face of the Utah Jazz - Williams is lending his name and financial support to the Shootout. "It's something Coach (Bruce) Weber had talked to me a little bit about," Williams said. "He thought it would help out the program by getting a lot of the top kids down there, inner-city schools down there, and playing some good games." Williams, himself a member of a program-changing recruiting class, expects Illini recruiting efforts to benefit from connecting his name to the Shootout.
Jeff Huth
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