Ep. 1081 - Mike LaTulip previews Illini's marquee MSC matchup vs. No. 5 UConn

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to recap Illini's two buy-game wins and preview Friday's game against No. 5 UConn. LaTulip breaks down defensive slips against UTRGV, how Mihailo Petrovic fits the rotation, Tomislav Ivisic getting up to speed and keys for the Illini vs. UConn at Madison Square Garden.

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0:27.6	Music Welcome into the Alainanai Choir podcast.
0:45.0	Jeremy Warner with Michael O'Lewap joining us for a weekly hit talk about
0:49.0	Illinois Hoops.
0:50.0	We got two buy games in the books, all heading into another marquee matchup.
0:55.2	The first of five straight games against high major opponents, Illinois heading to Madison
1:00.8	Square Garden for a Black Friday showdown against UCon.
1:05.2	Mike, how are you, buddy?
1:06.8	I'm great.
1:07.9	I'm just, you know, as you are, and you're still over laughing a little bit with sports,
1:13.6	but just in the thick of it, in the thick of it, that's how I describe it.
1:17.8	Yeah, I'm already ready to tell my family at Thanksgiving.
1:21.2	How you doing? Just in the middle of it, just in the middle of it right now with football and basketball.
1:26.7	But it is Feast Week, and there is a lot of basketball.
1:29.5	It shifted away from Maui kind of being the highlight to this players-era festival being
1:35.2	the highlight.
1:35.8	I haven't been able to watch a lot of it, Mike, because I do have so much going on.
1:39.4	What has Feast Week been like for you so far?
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