Ep. 1116 - Illini get revenge with 78-69 win at No. 5 Nebraska
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 78-69 win at No. 5 Nebraska. The guys break down the hits and misses from the game, including Keaton Wagler's big second half and a dominant performance in the paint, and discuss what the latest top-10 road win means for the Illini.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to the online choir podcast. |
| 0:15.1 | This Jeremy Warner live in Lincoln, Kyle Tosk, back in Illinois. |
| 0:19.7 | And for a second straight weekend, we are reacting to Illinois basketball going on the road |
| 0:24.7 | and one of the toughest environments in the Big Ten and getting an emphatic season-changing |
| 0:30.5 | win. |
| 0:31.6 | 7869 over Nebraska, Illinois, down seven early in the first, earlier in the second half. |
| 0:39.5 | Come back outscore Nebraska, 45 to 30 in the second half. |
| 0:44.6 | Keaton Wagler, 23 of his 28 points in the second half. |
| 0:48.1 | For the Big Ten freshman of the year, and probably should get an honor beyond that. |
| 0:52.3 | We'll talk about here in a little bit. |
| 0:54.0 | The front court was fantastic for Illinois, really. and probably should get an honor beyond that. We'll talk about here in a little bit. |
| 1:00.8 | The front court was fantastic for Illinois, really punished Nebraska on the glass, |
| 1:05.0 | the Evasich twins combining for 19 points and 15 rebounds in this one, |
| 1:08.6 | David Mirkovich, 10 points, eight rebounds, Illinois owns the glass. |
| 1:10.0 | They own the points in the paint. And Kyle, Brad Underwood, has three road wins over top five opponents during his Illinois |
| 1:16.8 | career. |
| 1:17.6 | Two of them have come over the last eight days. |
| 1:20.3 | Pretty good 10-day stretch here for Illinois basketball. |
| 1:23.6 | And just a season-changing win to get that kind of win improved a 10-and-1 take control of the |
| 1:28.2 | wheel and the big 10 race along with Michigan and really set yourself up to make a run in the number |
| 1:33.6 | one seat if you can sustain this momentum yeah no doubt it just an incredible eight days for this |
| 1:40.6 | basketball team and really a statement eight days to pick up these two wins. |
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