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Senior McBride started all 33 games for Illinois last season

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updated 11:36 p.m. ET Oct. 2, 2006

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Illinois senior guard Rich McBride has been charged with driving under the influence and will be suspended from the team indefinitely, school officials said Monday.

The 21-year-old McBride was arrested and charged Friday with DUI and improper traffic lane usage in Savoy, a town just south of Champaign.

Coach Bruce Weber said in a statement that the 6-foot-3 McBride, who started all 33 games for Illinois last season, will be suspended for an undetermined number of games.

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“I am extremely disappointed in Rich’s actions last week,” Weber said. “We are continuing to review the situation and there will be severe penalties forthcoming.”

In a statement of his own, McBride apologized to “my family, teammates, coaches and the university community for the negative light I have brought to our program.”

“I realize this is a serious situation. ... I’m being counted on as a leader, and I have let my teammates down,” he said.

McBride averaged 10 points a game in 2005-06, scoring a season-high 21 points against Tennessee-Martin on Dec. 30.

He is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 30.

A first-offense DUI conviction in Illinois results in a minimum one-year license revocation and carries a sentence of up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

Practice officially begins Oct. 13.

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