** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OF SEPT. 1-2 - FILE** Illinois' Trent Meacham drives with the ball during basketball game against Iowa in Champaign, Ill., in this Jan. 10, 2007, file photo. With the upcoming season two months away and Illinois down two guards, coach Bruce Weber lists Meacham and teammate Calvin Brock as the two players most likely to play one of the guard spots that would have been Jamar Smith's, who is sitting out the season following an accident and drunk-driving guilty plea. (AP Photo/John Dixon, File)