IlliniOX08
- Bucktown, Chicago
Some of the best moments I remember
AZ Elite 8
Eddie Johnson hits last second baseline jumper to beat MAgic's #1 MCU Saprtans
Nick Anderson half court to beat Indiana
Beating #1 GA Tech at the Assembly hall
Destroying Wake Forest
Improbable run to the BTT finals
2001 (?) Marcus Griffin touch basket off the inbounds to beat Wisconsin.
Paul inbounds to Griffey to beat the Hoosiers
beating Duke at Cameron Indoor to end some outrageous home win streak. Ill players slap the floor on defense mocking the blue devils.
Flying Illini beating Syracuse in the Tourney
Sergio's Fro
Watching guys like Luther Head, Jerry Hester, Warren Carter, Arch, Auggie all grow from awkward underclassmen to good and great players who brought it every night
These below aren't really moments, but I look back fondly on these:
1997-1998 run to the Big Ten Title
Frank Williams' sophomore year highlights
Lucas Johnson being a constant jolt of energy
Knowing that the 00-01 team was going to be in every game just from their competitive desire.
The Krush constantly being rowdy
The big play ability of Dee Brown
When I was at UI, the constant buzz around campus that was the 5 month period during the 04-05 team's run.
And yes, I miss the all out swagger that the team constantly played with, really from 1999 all the way up through 2007. I wish I would have been alive/old enough to appreciate the runs in the 80's.. from the way my dad describes it, it's much of the same.