Trivia

[tornado]

Name two players who hail from Northern Illinois (but not the Chicago area nor suburbs), who went to Bradley then played in the NBA.

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ELMER BENKE (Rockford) (1929 - ):
Benke played center for the 1952 Milwaukee (now Atlanta) Hawks and played
collegiately at Bradley University. In four games and 55 minutes played,
Benke was 6-for-22 from the field and 4-for-7 from the charity stripe. He
also had 17 rebounds and four assists.

STEVE KUBERSKI (Moline) (1947 - ):
A member of the Maroons' 1965 25-3 State Qualifying team under Herb
Thompson, Kuberski played for the 1974 and 1976 NBA Champion Boston
Celtics. A product of Bradley University, Kuberski played from 1970-1978
spending his first five seasons at Boston. In 1975 he played for the
Milwaukee Bucks and spent the first half of the 1976 season with the Buffalo
Braves (now Los Angeles Clippers). In 568 total games, he scored 3,114
points and had a field goal percentage of 42%.
Kuberski played at Bradley University in his college days and currently owns a
locker company for schools and warehouses in Woborn, MA. In 1974, he was
enshrined in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

[tornado]

so did anyone even guess one of them?
I know I wouldn't have thunk of either without looking it up as I forgot the latter Kuberski was from Moline, since he came here from Champaign.

[houstontxbrave]

I would not have guessed either but I also would not consider Moline "Northern Illinois". More West/Central Illinois.

[Dubl R 1]

By process of elimination, I thought one had to be Kuberski, but I had no idea on Benke.