Scott Richey is a sports writer who focuses on local sports in the Champaign, Illinois area. He writes for The News-Gazette and Yahoo Sports, covering a range of topics including college basketball, football, and other local sports events. His work has also been featured in Yahoo News, Effingham Daily News, The Times of Northwest Indiana, and Calhoun Times.
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Scott Richey primarily focuses on local sports events, particularly Illinois basketball and the Big Ten Conference. He heavily covers event-based articles related to college basketball games, player performances, and team rankings.
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Illini leaning heavily on layups, dunks and three-pointers this season
CHAMPAIGN — Illinois raised another Big Ten tournament championship banner to the State Farm Center rafters before Friday night's game against SIU Edwardsville.
Kasparas Jakucionis might have some absurd assist numbers this season
Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey.
CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois women's basketball team's season-opening win against Florida State, plus Sunday's grind-it-out victory against Marquette, pushed the Illini into the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday.
Illinois middle blocker named conference's freshman of the week
Coach Bret Bielema and coordinators Barry Lunney Jr. and Aaron Henry were available Monday afternoon ahead of
Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey breaks down this week's poll
Illinois on 27 of 62 AP Top 25 ballots this week
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