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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the University of
4Illinois Men's Basketball Team, the Fighting Illini, on
5winning the 2021 Big Ten Tournament Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Illinois earned their third overall Big Ten
7Tournament title in a 91-88 overtime victory over Ohio State
8at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 14,
92021; they also won the tournament in 2003 and 2005; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Illinois has the third-most all-time Big Ten
11Tournament wins with 31; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Illinois has the second-most Big Ten Tournament
13championship game appearances, advancing to the title game
14seven times; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Illinois won its three Big Ten Tournament games
16by an average margin of 12 points, tied for the
17seventh-highest margin in tournament history; the record is
1814.3 set by the 2003 Fighting Illini; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Illinois enters the NCAA Tournament as No. 1 seed
20in the Midwest region; this is the fourth time they have been

 

 

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1selected as a number one seed and the first since the 2005 NCAA
2Tournament; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we congratulate the University of Illinois Men's Basketball
6Team, the Fighting Illini, on winning the 2021 Big Ten
7Tournament Championship, and we wish them great success in the
8upcoming NCAA Tournament; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10presented to the members and coaches of the Fighting Illini.