The Illinois basketball team has managed to stay in the top 10 and maneuver to an 11-3 record ahead of a match with Michigan State on Thursday. However, the absence of star Terrence Shannon Jr. has been a big one. Shannon has been suspended indefinitely amid rape charges, and there is no timeframe for when things will be finalized.

Recently, the situation with Shannon and the Illinois basketball program got a big update as the Illini star issued a temporary restraining order asking to be immediately reinstated, per Myron Medcalf of ESPN.

‘Terrence Shannon Jr. filed for a temporary restraining order Monday that demands his school “immediately reinstate” the Illinois basketball player who was suspended indefinitely from all team activities last month following an arrest on a rape charge, his lawyer, Mark Sutter, told ESPN. The charge stems from an alleged rape in September. Shannon's lawsuit, filed by Sutter and his legal team in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Champaign, lists the Illinois board of trustees and school president Timothy Killeen as defendants.'

The latest on Terrence Shannon Jr. and Illinois 

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The situation with Terrence Shannon Jr. is extremely fluid and there is no timeframe in sight for when things might be finalized. But, the latest restraining order brought a response from Robin Kaler, the associate chancellor at Illinois:

“We are aware that legal counsel for Terrence Shannon Jr. has filed for injunctive relief from his suspension from the men's basketball program. We will review the filing and defend our student-athlete misconduct procedures, which allow us to respond swiftly to allegations of misconduct and serious crimes while affording our student-athletes a fair process and waiting for the legal system and university discipline processes to proceed.”

It is a complicated situation for all parties involved, and there will likely be more details coming soon on Terrence Shannon Jr.