Abusive Student Sections Drawing Attention from Outside the Arena

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Abusive student sections are drawing attention from outside the arena.

Tfc 508 Ab Two conference rivals. A national TV audience. The intriguing subplot of a coveted recruit reneging on his commitment to one school to play for the other. The Feb. 7 men's basketball game between the University of Illinois and the visiting Indiana Hoosiers - star freshman guard Eric Gordon among them - had it all. But it proved to be a volatile mix. Thirty minutes prior to tip-off, Illinois students chanted "F--- you, Gordon!" Then, late in the game (which Indiana won in double overtime), one of the Illini faithful hit Gordon's mother in the head with a cup of ice, despite the fact that a private security detail had accompanied the Gordon family to the game.

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