Ep. 1104 - Mike LaTulip on Illini's win at Iowa, upcoming games vs. Northwestern & Minnesota
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C
4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to break down Illinois basketball's win over Iowa. LaTulip discusses the Illini's defensive improvement, Kylan Boswell's job on Bennett Stirtz, second-half struggles and where Keaton Wagler and David Mirkovic rank among Big Ten freshmen. LaTulip then previews the Illini's games this week at Northwestern and at home against Minnesota.
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| 0:27.3 | Thank you. All right, welcome into the online inquire podcast. |
| 0:44.7 | It's time to catch up with their guy. |
| 0:46.3 | Michael Lutup will break down Illinois's win over Iowa and Iowa City as they continue to rise in the rankings, |
| 0:52.5 | whereas the metrics of the AP poll, |
| 0:55.2 | all of that. |
| 0:59.5 | A couple more games this week where Illinois would be favored heading to Northwestern on Wednesday recording this on Tuesday and then Minnesota at home on Saturday. |
| 1:04.0 | Mike, how are you, buddy? |
| 1:05.8 | I am well. |
| 1:07.4 | I'm well. |
| 1:08.4 | Yeah, just all the game last week. Got done some action, yeah. |
| 1:12.6 | Yeah, some action on CBS sports, a lot of fun. Miami's still undefeated, which is, which is crazy. |
| 1:20.3 | They might be ranked here soon. So it was a, it was a fun one, man. |
| 1:25.9 | What's a, what's a color analyst live games like for you i know you've done this |
| 1:29.5 | for a couple years whether it was t bt and getting some college game action now um so i i've done |
| 1:35.6 | btn a game with btn which was good uh did an fs one game this past summer for the t bt, I mean, CBS is, CBS is a different beast, man. |
| 1:48.0 | That's, uh, they are just so thorough with production and they sent me the blazer. |
| 1:54.8 | Like I got the, you got the, I got this, yeah, I got the CBS blazer and stuff. So they just, you know, whether it's Miami at Toledo or whatever, |
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