Former Illinois and King High basketball player Efrem Winters died Monday at 61 after a lengthy illness. Courtesy of CBS Share In 1982, the McDonald’s All-American Game, then in its sixth year ...

Winters and his classmates joined an Illinois team featuring future pro Derek Harper and Anthony Welch, who collectively launched a run of eight consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and nine 20-win ...

Chicago native helped Illinois basketball to a Big Ten Conference title and national prominence in the mid-1980s.

Efrem Winters started 120 games during his four seasons with the Illinois men’s basketball team from 1982-86 and the Chicago native left as the program’s all-time leading rebounder.

Whitman: "It was almost kind of a three-party opportunity to come together and do something special to remember Dick and also ...

Former Illinois men's basketball standout Efrem Winters died Monday morning after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, according to the university. He was 61. The Champaign News-Gazette was ...

Efrem Winters, a key driver in the revival of Illinois basketball in the mid-1980s and a widely beloved figure among Illini fans, died Monday at age 61 after battling an illness for several years ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -- To scores of Fighting Illini fans in the 1980s, the lob pass from Bruce Douglas to Efrem Winters was both a thing of beauty and fury, as Winters would complete the play ...

Illinois legend Efrem Winters died Monday at 61 years old, according to the team. Officials said he was battling an illness for several years. Winters joined Lou Henson and the Illini in 1982 ...