Roger Powell Jr., the starting power forward on the Fighting Illini squad that went all the way to the 2005 NCAA championship game, returns to Champaign as the Beacons' first-year head coach.

So I think it's cool. I'm glad I could do it out of VCA." It's not lost on Beacons head coach Roger Powell Jr. what Schmidt brings to the program. "For a kid from Valpo that got overlooked by so ...

(John Dixon/The News-Gazette). Victor Chukwudebe Jerry Gee Rob Judson with Sergio McClain Tal Brody Roger Powell, Jr., left, and Jack Ingram celebrate as the horn sounds in Illinois' win over ...

CHAMPAIGN — Roger Powell Jr. rarely lost a game at State Farm Center as an Illinois player, going 55-2 at the arena formerly known as Assembly Hall. The Illini great — the fourth-winningest ...

Valparaiso men’s basketball head coach Roger Powell Jr. praised his former coach Bruce Weber for his induction to the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame. “He’s earned it,” Powell said during ...