Jakucionis, who previously played for Barcelona in Spain, is one of the best young guards in college basketball. He is averaging 16.4 points as well as 5.6 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game while ...

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.

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.

In his freshman season at Illinois after playing two years of pro ball for FC Barcelona, Jakucionis is an expected top-five pick in the NBA Draft. “To me, he's one of the best players I've seen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.