Robin Tisdale will soon be hanging a framed photo of the beach in her Riverton, Ill., home. No, she's not filling the house with tropical decor to exude warmth throughout the house during the cold Illinois winter. Rather, she's hanging the South Padre Invitational MVP award - a picture of South Padre Island - won by her son, Illinois center Mike Tisdale, for a performance that led Illinois to its second South Padre Invitational win in four years last weekend.

Illinois had the ball, a timeout in pocket and 11.1 seconds to get off a final shot. Trailing by two in the waning moments of Tuesday night's Big Ten/ACC Challenge contest against undefeated Clemson, Illinois got the ball into the hands of guard Demetri McCamey, who was quickly double-teamed.