Illinois Fighting Illini 1988-1989 Retro Shorts (Alternate) Collegiate and then got down to

and then got down to business for a Monday night heavyweight fight

great length

and UNLV landed SHU in the Final Four in a matchup with Duke

legendary coach Bob Knight was dismissed and replaced on an interim basis by Mike Davis

Illinois Fighting Illini 1988-1989 Retro Shorts (Alternate) Collegiate and then got down toThe 1988 1989 University of Illinois mens basketball team was electric enough to earn their own nickname that would go down in history as one of college basketball's best. "The Flyin' Illini."Even better, the name was given to them by Dick Vitale during the height of his powers at ESPN, and it has stuck ever since. The "Flyin' Illini" moniker probably stuck because the team ended Illinois' 37 year Final Four drought. Lou Henson, the school's famed