Illini Sports Blog

Lou Henson deserves spot in Hall

It shouldn't end here.

When the banner is raised at the Assembly Hall on Tuesday night for 80-year-old birthday boy Lou Henson -- that banner to be joined later by UI coaches Harry Combes (Jan. 22), Doug Mills and Ralph Jones (both Feb. 5) -- this ceremony should be one more step toward the honor he most deserves:

Inclusion in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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