Illinois Fighting Illini 1988-1989 Retro Shorts (Alternate) West Virginia Mountaineers Metal Tipped Drawcords

Metal Tipped Drawcords

On that Monday night Jack "Goose" Givens put on a show college basketball would never forget

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Illinois Fighting Illini 1988-1989 Retro Shorts (Alternate) West Virginia Mountaineers Metal Tipped DrawcordsThe 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