Judge Rules Illinois Basketball Star Be Immediately Reinstated Amid Rape Charges

By T J O’Connor, Troy University & Michael S. Carroll, PhD Background On September 8, 2023, Terrence Shannon Jr., a prominent member of the University of Illinois basketball team, and his roommates, teammate Justin Harmon, and graduate assistant Dyshon Hobson traveled to Lawrence, Kansas to attend a football game between the University of Illinois and Kansas University. Graduate assistant Hobson drove the group to Lawrence at the direction of other basketball assistant coaches. After