Ep. 1123 - Illini lose second straight in overtime, 92-90 to Wisconsin
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 92-90 overtime loss to Wisconsin at home. The guys discuss why Illinois struggled to close for a second straight game, the team's issues in their first back-to-back losses this season and what's ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to the online inquire podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | It is Jeremy Warner, Kyle Tosk here at State Farm Center, where we saw an Illinois |
| 0:19.1 | seven-game home win streak come to an end. |
| 0:22.6 | And for the first time this season, Illinois has lost back-to-back games. |
| 0:25.6 | This one also in overtime, following the loss at Michigan State in overtime, Illinois falls 92 to 90 to Wisconsin, |
| 0:33.4 | blowing a 12-point lead with about 10 minutes left, 8 minutes left. |
| 0:38.1 | In this one, Illinois drops back-to-back games now 20 and 5 in the overall season, |
| 0:44.9 | and then 11 and 3 in Big 10 play. |
| 0:48.5 | Keating Wager bounced back in a big way, 34 points, 7 assists in this one. |
| 0:53.3 | Thomasov-Evas, it's 19 points, 11 rebounds, double, double. |
| 0:57.0 | But Kyle, Illinois could not stop Wisconsin. |
| 0:59.3 | Nick Boyd got hot late the last 15, 16 minutes. |
| 1:02.5 | He had 19 of his 25 points. |
| 1:05.3 | John Blackwell, 24 points. |
| 1:07.5 | I didn't have a good feeling coming into this one, Kyle, |
| 1:09.5 | especially when we saw Andre Stryakovich would be out in addition to Kyle and Boswell, two starters, two of your |
| 1:15.8 | three leading scores, but most importantly, your two best perimeter defenders, you didn't have |
| 1:21.8 | going up against two of the best guards in the Big Ten, probably the best duo of guards in the |
| 1:26.8 | Big Ten with Kyle and Boswell out right now. Those guys went off late in the game austin rap with some |
| 1:32.1 | huge threes at the end of regulation Illinois fails to close it out for a second straight time |
| 1:36.6 | cow yeah i think two things can be true in this game one you really missed the two starters |
| 1:43.6 | that were out for you and kail and boswell and and i'm joseyakovich if you have those guys in this game one you really missed the two starters that were out for you in kailin boswell and |
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