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Tisdale adds another USA Basketball invite

Mike Tisdale's participation in a USA Basketball training camp developed into something else: an invitation to another USA Basketball training camp.

There were 20 college players on the select team that trained with and against the national team last week in Las Vegas. Ten of those college guys will practice against the national team in New York City from Aug. 10-16. Tisdale's one of them.

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Men's Basketball

Illini basketball tickets on sale  (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)

Tickets to "Illini Madness" – the men's basketball team's first practice of the season – will go on sale Saturday to the general public.

Flying Illini tribute  (Monday, October 5, 1998)

   With the 10th anniversary of Lou Henson''s Final Four team fast approaching, The News-Gazette wants to know what your favorite memory of the 1988-89 season was.   Let us know, in 100 words or less. We''ll pick out the best ones and run them throughout the basketball season as part of our tribute to Anderson, Battle, Gill & Co.

   You can e-mail us at

sports@news-gazette.com, fax us at (217) 351-5374 or write to Final Four Tribute, P.O.Box 677, Champaign, IL 61824-0677 and give us your opinion.

D'Alessio: For Illini, no place like home  (Sunday, October 4, 1998)

In his 25 years on the job, Illinois trainer Rod Cardinal has watched Illinois basketball practices in every local gym this side of the "Y."

Flyin'' Illini tribute  (Friday, October 2, 1998)

   With the 10th anniversary of Lou Henson''s Final Four team fast approaching, The News-Gazette wants to know what your favorite memory of the 1988-89 season was.   Let us know, in 100 words or less. We''ll pick out the best ones and run them throughout the basketball season as part of our tribute to Anderson, Battle, Gill & Co.

   You can e-mail us at

sports@news-gazette.com, fax us at (217) 351-5374 or write to Final Four Tribute, P.O.Box 677, Champaign, IL 61824-0677 and give us your opinion.

Tate: UI's Davis overcomes problems  (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)

It wasn't just seven stress fractures in one shin, and several more in the other. Headaches were also a problem.

"It's a family thing," Arias Davis said Monday.

Hester selected by Rockford  (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)

Illinois forward Jerry Hester was selected by the Rockford Lightning with the 60th pick in Tuesday night's Continental Basketball Association draft.

M-S star formally commits to UI  (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)

MAHOMET – Brett Melton was struggling, forcing up shots in the first quarter of an intense matchup with Corn Belt rival Pontiac last season.

Mahomet-Seymour coach Randy Sallade responded by pulling his standout sophomore out of the game.

Tate: Melton fits long-range Illini plans  (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)

Statistics don't tell the whole story.

In drilling 92 treys as a Mahomet-Seymour sophomore – one less basket than he made inside the arc – Brett Melton canned three-pointers at a 42.8 percent rate.