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2003-04 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2003–04 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
AP No. 13
2003–04 record 26–7 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Bruce Weber
Assistant coach Wayne McClain
Assistant coach Jay Price
Assistant coach Chris Lowery
MVP Deron Williams
Captain Dee Brown
Jerrance Howard
Deron Williams
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
← 2002–03
2004–05 →
2003–04 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#13 Illinois 13 3   .813     26 7   .788
#10 Wisconsin 12 4   .750     25 7   .781
Michigan State 12 4   .750     18 12   .600
Iowa 9 7   .563     16 13   .552
Michigan 8 8   .500     23 11   .676
Northwestern 8 8   .500     14 15   .483
Purdue 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
Indiana 7 9   .438     14 15   .483
Ohio State 6 10   .375     14 16   .467
Minnesota 3 13   .188     12 18   .400
Penn State 3 13   .188     9 19   .321
2004 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003–04 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's first season at Illinois.

Bill Self left the Fighting Illini in March, 2003 to take over as coach at Kansas, paving the way for Bruce Weber to be named the 16th Illinois head coach on April 30, 2003. Weber arrived in Champaign after directing the Southern Illinois Salukis for five seasons. Weber’s inaugural season directing the Orange and Blue was a success, as he became just the third coach in Big Ten history to win an outright conference championship in his first season. The Illini had to win its final 10 games of the regular season to clinch sole possession of the title, with six of those wins coming away from the Assembly Hall. Weber also guided Illinois to its first NCAA Tournament victory over a higher seeded team, when the No. 5 Illini defeated No. 4 Cincinnati in the second round of the tournament. The Illini finished the year with a record of 26-7 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.


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