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