Illini ready to 'let it rip' in NCAA tournament

Mar. 16—CHAMPAIGN — David Mirkovic approached Kylan Boswell during the Illinois men's basketball team's 2 1/2-hour bus ride home from Chicago on Friday night. The freshman forward wondered if a team meeting — players-only — might prove beneficial. Not just because of the Illini's Big Ten tournament quarterfinal loss to Wisconsin, but because the approaching NCAA tournament would truly mark the ...