Kasparas Jakucionis plays as a guard for the Illinois Fighting Illini basketball program and is a freshman in the 2024=25 season. Kasparas hails from Vilnius, Lithuania, and trained at FC Barcelona.

In the two games missed by Illinois' Kasparas Jakucionis leading into Tuesday's road matchup with Indiana, the Illini learned that they didn't necessarily need their dynamic freshman guard to survive.

Earlier this week, the Illinois Fighting Illini saw a dominant performance over the Indiana Hoosiers on the road, and they were led by their star freshman, Kasparas Jakucionis. The 6-foot-6 ...

Since that game, Illinois fans have made quite the fuss about how the team’s star player, forward Kasparas Jakucionis, was officiated. The likely first-round pick in this year's NBA Draft was ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Kasparas Jakucionis checked all the necessary boxes to get cleared to play Tuesday night against Indiana. The Illinois guard didn’t practice with the team the last two days ...

Jan. 18—CHAMPAIGN — Kasparas Jakucionis showed some thoughtfulness for his audience of American media when he rattled off the players he had trained with during his time at FC Barcelona.

Whether it’s his passing, scoring or defensive ability, Kasparas Jakucionis has already proven this season why the Illinois freshman guard is projected to go high in the first round of the 2025 ...

Jan. 11—CHAMPAIGN — Kasparas Jakucionis managed to get through his typical pre-game workout with assistant coach Tyler Underwood on Saturday morning before Illinois faced Southern Cal.

If you don’t like it, share it with an enemy! Spurs pair Kasparas Jakucionis with Victor Wembanyama in updated NBA mock draft The Spurs vaulted up to No. 3 in FanSided's latest mock draft ...

The Fighting Illini are the highest-rated team Michigan State has faced since Kansas in the Champions Classic, led by star freshman Kasparas Jakucionis. Both he and Illinois will be a major test ...