Ep. 1114 - Isaac Trotter sizes up the Big Ten title race
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
CBS Sports college basketball writer Isaac Trotter joins Jeremy Werner to give the case for and case against all five teams in the Big Ten basketball title race. He breaks down Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, Nebraska and Purdue in what should be one of the most intense races for the conference crown in recent memory.
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| 0:27.3 | Thank you. Welcome in to the Oline Inquirer podcast. |
| 0:44.3 | It is Jeremy Warner, Alainanquire, publisher with you. |
| 0:47.0 | And we're going to keep the basketball focus going because, boy, we got a big 10 title race |
| 0:52.8 | entering the back half of the season that is really, really exciting. |
| 0:56.9 | I've covered the Big Ten now for a long time, dating back to when I was in college. |
| 1:00.6 | So about 20 years of this. |
| 1:02.2 | And I don't know if we've had a top of the Big Ten that is this exciting. |
| 1:06.3 | I feel like you have four or five legitimate Elite Eight or Final four title contenders and illinois is in that |
| 1:13.3 | mix riding a 10 game winning streak entering the back half of the season and some huge games |
| 1:20.1 | coming up traveling to lincoln nebraska on sunday for a top 10 matchup and then heading to |
| 1:26.8 | michigan state the following weekend for another potential top 10 certainly top 10 matchup and then heading to Michigan State the following weekend for |
| 1:28.4 | another potential top 10, certainly top 15 matchup. |
| 1:31.8 | They'll have huge ramifications for the Big 10 title race. |
| 1:35.7 | And obviously the NCAA tournament and seeding, I think all four or five of these teams |
| 1:40.0 | are competing for number two or number one seeds. |
| 1:42.9 | Maybe Purdue is not in that mix for number one, but Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Illinois, |
| 1:48.2 | whoever wins the Big Ten likely going to be a number one seed, |
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