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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois wish to congratulate the 2004-2005 University |
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| of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team on becoming |
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| the undisputed NCAA Big Ten Conference Champions, the team's |
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| first back-to-back Big Ten title since 1951-1952; and
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| WHEREAS, The Fighting Illini ended the regular season with |
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| a record of 29 wins and one loss, and were ranked the number |
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| one men's college basketball team in the country for 13 |
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| consecutive weeks; and
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| WHEREAS, The head coach of the Fighting Illini is |
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| second-year coach Bruce Weber; he became the first Big Ten |
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| basketball coach in history to win back-to-back outright |
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| conference titles in his first two seasons; and
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| WHEREAS, The team members of the Fighting Illini are Marcus |
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| Arnold of Chicago; James Augustine of Mokena; Calvin Brock of |
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| Chicago; Dee Brown of Maywood; Warren Carter of Dallas, Texas; |
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| Luther Head of Chicago; Jack Ingram of San Antonio, Texas; Rich |
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| McBride of Springfield; Fred Nkemdi of North Riverside; Roger |
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| Powell, Jr., of Joliet; Shaun Pruitt of Aurora; Brian Randle of |
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| Peoria; Nick Smith of Valrico, Florida; and Deron Williams of |
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| The Colony, Texas; and
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| WHEREAS, The coaches of the Fighting Illini are Head Coach |
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| Bruce Weber, and Assistant Coaches Wayne McCLain, Jay Price, |
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| Tracy Webster, and Gary Nottingham; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate the team members and coaches of the University |
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| of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team on winning |
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| the Big Ten Conference Championship; and be it further
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