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Enjoy from my personal collection of Illinois Fighting Illini basketball games. I remember watching this game at my apartment, the night before I was to fly back to Chicago for the holidays. I had a bunch of work to complete before my trip so I had this game on the background as I worked away. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Illini control this version of the Braggin' Rights game, which brings me back to a memory of when I was a student at the U-of-I. I was doing a story for a radio broadcasting class about the upcoming Illinois men's basketball season for the 2003-04 regular season. It was Bruce Weber's first season, and the team was hosting a kickoff event/practice in front of the fans at Assembly Hall. After the practice, Weber and Illini players took questions from students in attendance. One student asked then sophomore guard Dee Brown which team he most wants to beat this season. Brown responded, "Missouri." Back to 2005-06, Brown and the Illini would defeat Missouri to go a perfect 4-0 in the Braggin' Rights game. Illinois would win nine straight Braggin' Rights games from 2000 through 2008. :-)
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