I second the comment. Nobody will ever take away Illinois' accomplishments during the 2004-2005 Mens' Basketball Season. The Fighting Illini would have been 39-0 without those two losses. A Brilliant 6!!
This team was special because they shared the ball. As a junior at the school that year, it was electrifying. It was the best experience of my life. I'll never forget playing Wake Forest at Assembly Hall that year, when WF was #1. Up in the student section, you knew something special was going to happen. There was more press than had ever been in Champaign. When we beat Arizona I thought it was our time. It wasn't, but it doesn't change how special the team was.
i just want to see them play again with the same numbers and the same jerseys just one more season i was little when they came back in that arizona game but i remembered i was jumping up and down screaming in cheer because they won and i knw theyd beat louisville and i couldnt watch the title game but i wanted to so bad and i regret it
Everyone is forgetting the academic scandal at UNC. 4 of the 5 starters had all their homework and terms papers ghost written. Half the team was academically ineligible. should have been stripped of the title Crook Roy Williams pretending like he had no idea virtually his entire team was cheating
how is Sean may doing in the NBA cause Deron Williams is one of the best point guard in the league and Luther head is a sixth man for Miami i don't ever hear from Sean may
I hate UNC, and I was pulling for Illinois, but Sean May absolutely dominated inside, and even though guard-play usually wins in the tournament, decent guard-play combined with a great inside presence will always prevail. UNC was by far the better team in the 2005 title game. Sorry.
Geesh! So much senseless banter! Just enjoy the video for what it represents....a great season by the Illinois team! Anyone who knows basketball knows this team was special. It doesn't matter if you are a fan of another team. These videos are meant just for enjoying. Get a life!
@20ddh23 like 5 but none of them werre as successful as deron or luther but we also had dee brown who went and augustine and roger powell and jack ingram went to go play international ball
The best Deron Williams and company could do was be runner ups in 2005. The best NCAA team in history? Lol. Yeah right. At least Arizona had the brass to actually win a title in '97.
Sean May got his way inside, because the officials let him. If you watched the game, you clearly see May pushing and shoving every Illini big inside and getting away with it, I don't think he picked up one offensive foul all game. The size of May, Marvin & Jawad Williams killed them inside. I also don't think UNC was by far the better team. Technically, they should have lost to Villanova in the Sweet 16 game.
OK you guys had a great team that year and one of the best comebacks of all time. But PLEASE stop bitching about the refs in the championship game. You lost the game because you missed your shots at the end, plain and simple. You damage the rep of that classy team by constantly whining about how you were robbed. No one likes a sore loser.
@igotthisbabe Yeah, I'll take the 2005 National Championship in exchange for that game. And since that game, UNC is the #6 team in the nation and ACC Champion and Illinois is a bunch of underachieving fuckups that can't get it done in their conference. And by the way, my previous comment stands.
The best shooting and passing team I ever saw. The 05' Illini.
One of the best teams I've ever seen. It was a real privlegde to watch these guys play. Baskstball at it's best.
WHOS HERE IN MARCH 2021?! CMON ILLINI!!!
Yessir
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they need to put this entire season on dvd so that every game, every play, and every shot can be fully enjoyed at will
I agree on that. This team need to have all their games put on DVD to watch, enjoy, and relish in.
One of the most memorable teams in history indisputable !
WHOS HERE IN MARCH 2022?! CMON ILLINI!
I second the comment. Nobody will ever take away Illinois' accomplishments during the 2004-2005 Mens' Basketball Season. The Fighting Illini would have been 39-0 without those two losses. A Brilliant 6!!
To all other Illinois fans.. let us NEVER FORGET this GREAT TEAM
Yeah I wont forget the 04-05 Fighting ILLINI
This team was special because they shared the ball. As a junior at the school that year, it was electrifying. It was the best experience of my life. I'll never forget playing Wake Forest at Assembly Hall that year, when WF was #1. Up in the student section, you knew something special was going to happen. There was more press than had ever been in Champaign. When we beat Arizona I thought it was our time. It wasn't, but it doesn't change how special the team was.
this made me cry
that Illinois team was deep.
Eleven years ago today
I graduated from the U of I in 2006, the memories of that basketball season will last a lifetime. Awesome!!!!
Fuck yes!! ILL
That was the second best Illini Team. The #1 team was the 1989 squad. 2005 good guards. 1989 stronger and more athletic.
i just want to see them play again with the same numbers and the same jerseys just one more season i was little when they came back in that arizona game but i remembered i was jumping up and down screaming in cheer because they won and i knw theyd beat louisville and i couldnt watch the title game but i wanted to so bad and i regret it
The best team i had ever watched and to bad they got screwed over in the national title game because they would and were going to be unc
I remember the Illini playing both unc and the refs....... Probably the worst officiating in a title game......ever......
ya how did Sean may go the whole game without a foul but they were calling every little thing on James Augustine
Almost true. It was originally made for CBS broadcasting the Super Bowl, but never used for that. Original opening line: The ball is kicked...
awdboostedtsi...are you nutz? ITS ONE SHINING MOMENT! ahhh!
Everyone is forgetting the academic scandal at UNC. 4 of the 5 starters had all their homework and terms papers ghost written. Half the team was academically ineligible. should have been stripped of the title Crook Roy Williams pretending like he had no idea virtually his entire team was cheating
Kid how could you find information like that if you haven't seen it yourself. Salty duke fan.
how is Sean may doing in the NBA cause Deron Williams is one of the best point guard in the league and Luther head is a sixth man for Miami i don't ever hear from Sean may
I hate UNC, and I was pulling for Illinois, but Sean May absolutely dominated inside, and even though guard-play usually wins in the tournament, decent guard-play combined with a great inside presence will always prevail. UNC was by far the better team in the 2005 title game. Sorry.
I think the Flyin' Illini team of Battle, Bardo, Anderson, Gill and company were a better team, actually. I rooted for them both.
greatest team of all time i dont care who won the title
not even the best team of 2005 North Carolina was. Not to mention North Carolina has added two more National Championship trophies since then.
Geesh! So much senseless banter! Just enjoy the video for what it represents....a great season by the Illinois team! Anyone who knows basketball knows this team was special. It doesn't matter if you are a fan of another team. These videos are meant just for enjoying. Get a life!
No dought on that
@triplecrown89 Of those how many are as successfull as Deron Williams?
good old nick smith...
@20ddh23 like 5 but none of them werre as successful as deron or luther but we also had dee brown who went and augustine and roger powell and jack ingram went to go play international ball
The best Deron Williams and company could do was be runner ups in 2005. The best NCAA team in history? Lol. Yeah right. At least Arizona had the brass to actually win a title in '97.
Sean May got his way inside, because the officials let him. If you watched the game, you clearly see May pushing and shoving every Illini big inside and getting away with it, I don't think he picked up one offensive foul all game. The size of May, Marvin & Jawad Williams killed them inside. I also don't think UNC was by far the better team. Technically, they should have lost to Villanova in the Sweet 16 game.
75-70
the ball is tipped
there u are
running for ur life
you’re a shooting star
all the years
@dirtysactrin1234 the Hawks would be the best team in the NBA right now if they had either Williams or Paul. One of the worst picks of all time.
OK you guys had a great team that year and one of the best comebacks of all time. But PLEASE stop bitching about the refs in the championship game. You lost the game because you missed your shots at the end, plain and simple. You damage the rep of that classy team by constantly whining about how you were robbed. No one likes a sore loser.
Nice english.
good video, but the music sucks
@igotthisbabe Yeah, I'll take the 2005 National Championship in exchange for that game. And since that game, UNC is the #6 team in the nation and ACC Champion and Illinois is a bunch of underachieving fuckups that can't get it done in their conference. And by the way, my previous comment stands.
aged well
Nice english.