Illini's Weber may get 50 percent raise

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- University of Illinois trustees will consider giving basketball coach Bruce Weber a 50 percent raise and contract extension when they meet next week.

Chancellor Richard Herman is recommending Weber's pay package be increased from $1 million to $1.25 million effective immediately and then to $1.5 million in January.

If trustees agree when they meet Thursday in Chicago, Weber's contract also would be extended from 2012 through April 2015.

The Illini were 24-10 this season and finished second in the Big Ten before losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Weber has coached at Illinois for six seasons. His teams have been to the tournament five times.

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