This story will break your heart, but it needs to be told. I was a very young child, but already a huge Illini fan, and I remember the day I heard that he had been killed. The day before his high school senior season was supposed to start, he was shot on his lunch hour at Chicago Simeon after bumping into some thug. Illini bound and the #1 recruit in the nation, he would have been a part of the Flying Illini team with all of those superstars. With him added to that team, they could have been the best college team of all time. I did some research on him a few years ago, and many people are saying he would have been one of the best players of all time in the NBA. Isaiah Thomas and Magic Johnson with a sweet jump shot, and a great kid, too. I still think about the name Ben Wilson every once in awhile, and it's great to see that he's not forgotten. Looking forward to the highlights too, as I've never seen him play.
