Ep. 1118 - Illini runs roughshod over Northwestern in 84-44 win
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 84-44 win over Northwestern, including an offensive onslaught, defensive dominance, a balanced effort and more. The guys then look ahead to another top-10 matchup at Michigan State.
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| 0:45.3 | It is Jeremy Warner, Kyle Tosk here at State Farm Center, where we just witnessed |
| 0:49.5 | an onslaught, a big brothering, if you will, as Illinois takes care of Northwestern. |
| 0:54.5 | 84 to 44. |
| 0:56.7 | They were Furt and Kyle with the biggest win in Big Ten history for the O'Lina. |
| 1:02.0 | It was 47 points. |
| 1:03.1 | And before Brad Underwood emptied the bench, Illinois was at 49. |
| 1:07.3 | Hard of wave. |
| 1:07.9 | Northwestern had a nice little start to this game, kind of, you know, messing with Illinois's offense a little bit there for about three and a half minutes. |
| 1:14.8 | Northwestern takes a seven to three or seven to five lead in this one. |
| 1:19.6 | Then Illinois just goes down to 33 to four run. |
| 1:22.8 | This offensive machine, Kyle, can only be slowed down for just a little bit. And they were rolling |
| 1:29.1 | all over Northwestern in this one. 17 made threes, 11 of 22 in the first half from the on the |
| 1:35.3 | arc for the Ilana. They dominate the glass 50 to 23 in this one. Just an unbelievable offensive |
| 1:41.8 | display, 1.35 points per possession possession and it was even worse than that |
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