Ep. 1058 - Mike LaTulip's Illini vs. ISU exhibition takeaways

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to give his thoughts on Illinois basketball's 92-65 exhibition win over Illinois State. The guys discuss the offense's connectivity, new defensive wrinkles, David Mirkovic's exciting debut, Zvonimir Ivisic, the two freshmen guards and the returning veterans. The guys then look ahead to Saturday's closed-doors scrimmage at Florida.

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0:45.0	Music Welcome into the online acquire podcast.
0:47.2	It's Jeremy Warner and Mike Latuip.
0:48.5	And Mike, we have basketball.
0:49.9	Actual basketball to talk about.
0:52.5	Not an actual game, but it was kind of a game.
0:54.0	Exhibition game is Illinois.
0:55.6	It takes care of Illinois State.
0:59.4	Both teams short-handed down some of their star players.
1:03.5	We actually got to see some basketball at State Farm Center with a lot of newcomers.
1:08.3	It's a lot of fun, Mike, just to see these guys move around and see their skill sets a little bit.
1:09.6	It was a lot of fun. There's just, I don't know why I feel like basketball of all the sports is the most preseason,
1:15.8	like preseason,
1:16.7	offseason chatter.
1:18.8	Maybe it's because of the portal and then you get into summer workouts.
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