How does this happen? Illinois accidentally hangs former player's jersey UPSIDE DOWN during retirement ceremony 😭

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Hamilton Porter

Feb 17, 2025

YEESH.

Illinois held a jersey retirement ceremony for former star and current NBA player Terrence Shannon Jr. during a game this weekend ... and it went about as bad as it possibly could have.

They hung it upside down!

Here it is from another angle:

How embarrassing.

Josh Whitman, the AD for the Fighting Illini, took time to apologize to Shannon and the fanbase for the incident.

Mistakes happen, but this is pretty bad.


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