Ep. 1072 - Mike LaTulip on what Texas Tech win says about Illini
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to discuss Illinois basketball's 81-77 win over No. 11 Texas Tech, what it says about the team, Andrej Stojakovic's big performance, how Kylan Boswell has elevated his game, Keaton Wagler's surprise trait and Zvonimir Ivisic's value. LaTulip then discusses how Mihailo Petrovic and Brandon Lee could impact the team when they return and how Illinois matches up next week against Alabama.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the online inquire podcast, Jeremy Warner, Mike Latuip, we're recording this, the day of Illinois taking on Colgate. |
| 0:20.7 | We wanted to get Mike's thoughts. |
| 0:22.2 | Michael Tuop's thoughts on a huge win for Illinois against Texas Tech. |
| 0:26.7 | What a game. |
| 0:27.5 | What an atmosphere at State Farm Center. |
| 0:29.9 | And a big win for Brad Underwood's program. |
| 0:32.3 | It says a lot, Mike, that they get this win without Tomasov, Evac. |
| 0:35.8 | But a big week for the Big Ten with Illinois beating Texas Tech and Purdue |
| 0:40.7 | beating Alabama last night, man. |
| 0:43.5 | Yeah, huge. |
| 0:44.5 | I think I felt like the Big Ten was going to be one of the top conferences, if not the top |
| 0:50.6 | conferences. |
| 0:51.3 | Trotter and I have talked about that for a while now. |
| 0:53.6 | And you just saw the first two games from Purdue, |
| 0:56.0 | and you thought even without Traycoff and Wren, |
| 0:58.8 | it was kind of concerning and how they struggled on the glass. |
| 1:03.3 | And what was that going to look? |
| 1:04.1 | And then they rebound to Alabama by 24 last night, |
| 1:06.6 | went on the road, and everything's back to status quo, |
| 1:09.5 | and they're the best team in the country. |
| 1:11.8 | Blah, la, la, la. |
| 1:12.6 | That's just, we're right back. |
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