The Timberwolves took Shannon out of Illinois with the 27th pick in the first round of the draft last week after making a trade to obtain the eighth pick and get Rob Dillingham from Kentucky.
The woman said the bar was crowded, so she couldn’t move. Shannon testified on Friday that he never touched the woman.
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Marcus Domask scored 17 points for third-seeded Illinois.
Illinois reached a regional final for the fourth time in the past 40 years and will meet defending champion UConn on Saturday for a trip to the Final Four.
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The Illini will play No. 2 seed Iowa State in an East Region semifinal in Boston on Thursday.
Illinois has the No. 3 seed in the East Region in the NCAA Tournament.
They won their fourth conference title and their second in four years. They shot 16 of 26 from the floor in the second half. Shannon finished with 102 points in three games this weekend, one short of the Big Ten Tournament scoring record.
Marcus Domask added 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Luke Goode made four 3-pointers for the Illini.
Illinois will get the winner of Friday’s late quarterfinal. The Illini beat the Hoosiers 70-62 in January and the Cornhuskers 87-84 in February.
Marcus Domask led second-place Illinois with 20 points.
llinois has won its last six matchups with Wisconsin. That represents the Illini’s longest winning streak in the series since beating the Badgers 16 straight times from 1981-89. Domask went to high school about 60 miles northeast of Madison in Waupun, Wisconsin, and had 200-300 people in the stands cheering him on.
Minnesota led 63-62 with 14:15 left, but a jumper by Shannon put Illinois ahead for good.
Illinois won its 1,000th game in Big Ten play. A charter member of the conference, Illinois is 1,000-757 in the Big Ten in 119 seasons.