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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly of the State | ||||||
3 | of Illinois are pleased to recognize notable achievements in | ||||||
4 | college basketball in the State of Illinois; and
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5 | WHEREAS, After winning 10 straight games, with 6 of them on | ||||||
6 | the road, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana | ||||||
7 | Fighting Illini men's basketball team claimed their first | ||||||
8 | undisputed regular season Big Ten Conference Championship | ||||||
9 | since 1952 with a thrilling 64 to 63 win at Ohio State on March | ||||||
10 | 7, 2004; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Illinois' 10-game winning streak is the longest by | ||||||
12 | any Big Ten team this season; it is also Illinois' longest | ||||||
13 | winning streak since the 1989-1990 season when Illinois won its | ||||||
14 | first 11 games; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The Fighting Illini finished the season with a | ||||||
16 | record of 22 wins and 5 losses and were the top seed at the Big | ||||||
17 | Ten Tournament; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Illinois earned an at-large bid to the 2004 NCAA | ||||||
19 | Tournament and received a number 5 seed in the Atlanta Region; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, The Fighting Illini were led through their | ||||||
22 | 2003-2004 season by nationally distinguished Head Basketball | ||||||
23 | Coach Bruce Weber; and
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24 | WHEREAS, Head Basketball Coach Bruce Weber is the sixth | ||||||
25 | coach in the Big Ten since 1951 to defeat every other | ||||||
26 | conference team in his first season; and
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27 | WHEREAS, Four Fighting Illini earned All-Big Ten honors | ||||||
28 | this season by both the coaches and media; sophomore guard |
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1 | Deron Williams earned First-Team status, sophomore guard Dee | ||||||
2 | Brown was named to the Second-Team, and sophomore center James | ||||||
3 | Augustine and junior forward Roger Powell both earned | ||||||
4 | Honorable-Mention honors; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Assistant Coaches for the 2003-2004 Fighting | ||||||
6 | Illini season are Chris Lowery, Wayne McClain, and Jay Price; | ||||||
7 | Gary Nottingham is the Assistant to the Head Coach; Al | ||||||
8 | Martindale is the trainer; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The members of the 2003-2004 Fighting Illini are | ||||||
10 | James Augustine, Dee Brown, Warren Carter, Luther Head, | ||||||
11 | Jerrance Howard, Jack Ingram, Rich McBride, Fred Nkemdi, Roger | ||||||
12 | Powell, Brian Randle, Nick Smith, Aaron Spears, and Deron | ||||||
13 | Williams; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
15 | NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
16 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate Head Basketball | ||||||
17 | Coach Bruce Weber and the University of Illinois at | ||||||
18 | Champaign-Urbana Fighting Illini men's basketball team on | ||||||
19 | being the undisputed Big Ten Conference Champions; and be it | ||||||
20 | further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to each of the coaches and players of the Fighting | ||||||
23 | Illini Basketball team as an expression of our esteem and with | ||||||
24 | our best wishes for their future success.
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