Thursday 25 October 2012

Wisch: What If Ben Wilson Had Lived – And Become A Flyin' Illini?

Ben Wilson's talent was so immense that a legacy of an NBA legend awaited. Unfortunately, life dealt him a different fate, and now that legacy has far more real-world ramifications. "Benji," as he was known to friends, was murdered just prior toIn 1998, Jeff D'Alessio of the Champaign News-Gazette revisited Wilson's tale for the newspaper, writing: “Before Chicago basketball had No. 23, there was No. 25. His name was Ben Wilson, and had he lived past the age of 17,

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