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Forty-nine years ago this week - Mar. 28, 1977 - guard Butch Lee scored 19 points and an inspired Marquette team, trying to win one for retiring Coach Al McGuire, connected on its final 12 free throw attempts, posting a 67-59 victory over North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament championship game. Today, Brandon Lee (Butch's son) is a freshman guard for the 2025-26 University of Illinois team.
This Week in
Illini and Spartan History
ILLINI HISTORY - Twenty-one years ago this week - Mar. 26, 2005 - Illinois basketball registered its most exciting victory ever, coming back from a 15-point deficit to beat Arizona, 90-89, in overtime. Deron Williams hit a pair of 3-pointers in OT and helped send the Illini to the 2005 Final Four in St. Louis.
SPARTAN HISTORY - On March 26, 1979, in the national championship game at the University of Utah's Special Events Center, Magic Johnson's Spartans handed Larry Bird's undefeated Indiana State Sycamores a 75-64 loss. A record 50 million fans watched the action on NBC-TV.
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