Illinois vs. Arizona: 2005 Elite Eight | FULL GAME 

I'll never forget when the ESPYs had the MSU vs Kentucky 2OT game as the CBB representative for game of the year..insulting if you ask me..this is a game people still talk about..this is one of the greatest comebacks ever..

Greatest game in the history of games. I was there. No one will ever convince me otherwise.

What a choke by Arizona.

One of the worst last possessions I've ever seen but it was a good game.

The last time Lute Olson took Arizona to the elite 8….RIP coach

Imo this was the greatest weekend in college basketball history..3 of the 4 regional finals went to ot. Opened with west va bombing 3s then a furious Louisville comeback to win , followed by this great game, the next day was Wisconsin giving eventual champ unc all they could handle before ultimately losing by 6 and the weekend concluded with the double ot thriller between msu and UK with sparks hitting that crazy 3 at the end of regulation which they reviewed for what seemed like an eternity even enlarging the still frame to see if his foot was indeed behind the line. Oh what a weekend!

I really remembered Deron Williams when he hit that tying 3 to send the game into overtime. This was my favorite game to watch

Most underrated Elite Eight game of all time! Great game! ILL🔶🔷

The boxes of championship tshirts were brought out behind Arizona’s bench. Then Illinois had their run. Oops sorry.

15 years since this game happened. Feels like yesterday.

My heart fall thought Arizona had this in the bag..!!!

This was on my birthday. When they got down by 15, I turned it off. About 5 minutes later, my mom calls me screaming incoherently on the phone and crying; I thought my dad had died. When I asked what was wrong she was like, don't you have the game on ??? Well, when she told me the Illini had come back to tie it and was going into OT, I didn't touch the dial. One of my greatest birthdays ever.

When UA lost this game, my dad didn't talk for a week lol

Greatest NCAA Tournament Game ever. Period. I miss 2005 so much. Someone invent a time machine and take me back!!

One of The Best Comebacks in March Madness History With One of The Worst Chokes by a Team As Well!

I’ll Never Forget How Happy I Was At 7 Watching The ILLINI Win An Go To The Final Four With My Dad❤️ Been A Die Hard Illinois Fan Since I’m 26 Now I Loved This 05 TEAM Best Team In Program History To Me🧡💙💯

I love this ILL team, especially Dee Brown

As long as you ignore that Illinois fouled repeatedly in their "comeback"... what a game.

This game is why march madness is great

one of my 3 favorite NCAA tourney games of all time, this what the tourney is all about!

Worst game in NCAA Tournament History Signed an Arizona Alum

If Illinois doesn’t complete the comeback, does Arizona beat Louisville in the FF?

Luther Head Dee Brown and Deron Williams brought them back from 15pts down within only 2mins. Amazing!

I did not know D-Will could get up...

After this game, Bruce Weber didn’t make another Elite 8 for 13 years (Kansas St defeated Kentucky in the Atlanta Regional Semifinal before losing to Loyola-Chicago).

Post the UofL/WVU Elite Eight game from earlier this day!

This was a instant classic big time come back by the Illni🏀🏀

03/26/2005 - 19 years ago

Never seen Bill Murray that excited when his son is coaching Luke and he's a good one at UCONN Murray has a place on Isle Of Palms...

All the elite 8 games were great. Louisville came back from 20 down in the early game and the Kentucky-Michigan State game was a double OT classic. Wisconsin also acquitted themselves better than expected against UNC. This one was still the best of the lot though.

What the heck was AZ doing trying to go for 3? They were only down 1! XD

Seen Billy at Clemson and never seen him this hyped

Jack Ingram was the unsung hero.

Arizona always losing in big moments

If I remember the Cats stop going to Fry down the stretch...!!!

they could have not posted this video

OHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta love them Illini

Best tournament game PERIOD

30 years old. This game I was 12. Remember being out with family for Easter and bawling my eyes out when Illinois was down. When they came back I was elated with happiness. Still, that Championship Game as an Illini fan breaks my heart every time. ILL!!!

Arizona should have won.

Good grief, what's the point of fighting the whole game plus overtime all so you can dribble the ball around when you have only 11 seconds left, then throw up a desperation brick cuz it suddenly occurs to you that the game is on the line and you need a basket? Shoot the ball with a few seconds to spare, then you at least have a chance at a rebound if you miss.

This is when college basketball was the best

Dee was always one of the smallest on the court but you had better of packed a lunch if u were gonna try and out play him. Amazing skills. Love Illini nation screaming ILL - INI. LOUD AND PROUD

Arizona got cheated

man that block by luther was so big... best game of my life but that block is so ovel looked

Where’s the women’s games at? I would love to see the final 4 Match between Baylor and LSU in 2005

I know the seeding is made for #1 teams benefits, with less travel and stuff, but Illinois essentially had a home game. And the Final Four was in St Louis. And they came up emptyhanded

I have a pair of shoes that were made for I think this game and it’s the last pair but I can’t find the actual game footage

I thought Bill Murray was Xavier fan, 🤔

I wonder why Channing Frye didn’t play like this in the NBA 🤔

Down 15 with 4minutes crazy

This game still hurts. #Bear Down

That was a horrible last possession by Arizona

Dee started it off and SECRET WEAPONS (LUTHER, DERON and Roger Powell finally finished it).

The death of Arizona basketball. The program hasn't been the same since, Before anyone brings up the three elite eights and great players we've had since then, the standards have dropped considerably, much like my Fighting Irish in football

Great classic game

Lute Olsen coached horribly in this game.... off of a timeout up by 3 in regulation, that's the inbounds play they came up with??? a post play on the other team's side of the court??? haha.... then the last possession of the game???

I loved this game as an ILL Fan you can probably see it but Go ILL!

2nd

Arizona should’ve won this game they was one of my favorite teams at this time

4:03 mark , intensity picks up on the Illinois side, whole attitude of the game flips..,

Illinois has not made the Sweet 16 since.

Arizona choked. They were up by 16 with 3 minutes left. They were the only final four team I got wrong in my bracket that year

I know a guy that went to this game and he said he felt like he was about to have a heart attack with all the energy and noise coming from the crowd, he said it was a once in a lifetime experience!

1st

This is another great Illinois team that didn't win the Championship like the 1989 team bad coaching ran into a big North Carolina team were is the starter now from Carolina no Michael Jordan star.

Disrespectful of you guys to remove it from your old page and take that page down! Many of us were still watching and commenting on it! That channel had games that I had to miss as a kid because of bedtime like OSU-Arizona, West Virginia-Tech, K-State-Xavier, Washington-UCONN (2006), and Kentucky-Utah (2005). I am utterly disappointed!