Stating their case Illini could be best college team ever in Illinois, but they have their challengers.(Sports)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February, 2005 | by Rittenberg, Adam

Byline: Adam Rittenberg Daily Herald Sports Writer CHAMPAIGN - As an ambassador of good will and reason, Gov. Rod Blagojevich ought to give his staff at the Illinois Bureau of Tourism the next month off (with pay, of course). They won't be needed. Even the most innovative marketing genius couldn't brainstorm a more positive advertising campaign than the one being run by the Champaign-based firm of Williams, Brown, Head, Powell & Augustine.

With a perfect record and extreme aspirations, the University of Illinois men's basketball players are the running, jumping, dunking and smiling faces of the state. The No. 1 Fighting Illini will form their ultimate legacy in the next five weeks, but their performance to date has cleared a place among the best...