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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives wish to congratulate the University of |
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| Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team on becoming the |
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| undisputed Big Ten Conference Champions, the University of |
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| Illinois' first outright Big Ten Title since 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, The Fighting Illini won the Big Ten regular season |
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| title in a victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes with a score of |
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| 64 to 63; the Fighting Illini finished the season with a record |
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| of 23 wins and 5 losses; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illini closed the regular season by winning 10 |
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| straight Big Ten games, including 6 straight road victories for |
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| the first time since the 1955-56 season; and
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| WHEREAS, The head coach of the Fighting Illini is |
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| first-year coach Bruce Weber; he became the third Big Ten |
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| basketball coach in history to win an outright league title in |
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| his first season;
and
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| WHEREAS, The team members of the Fighting Illini are James |
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| Augustine, Dee Brown, Warren Carter, Luther Head, Jerrance |
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| Howard, Jack Ingram, Rich McBride, Fred Nkemdi, Roger Powell, |
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| Brian Randle, Nick Smith, Aaron Spears, and Deron Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, The University of Illinois Director of Athletics |
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| is Ron Guenther; the Head Coach is Bruce Weber; and Assistant |
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| Coaches are Chris Lowery, Wayne McClain, and Jay Price; Gary |
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| Nottingham is the Assistant to the Head Coach and Al Martindale |
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| is the trainer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate the team members and coaches of the Fighting |