Ep. 1126 - Mike LaTulip on Illini's win over Indiana, this week's trip to LA

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois basketball's win over Indiana and preview the Illini's trip to Los Angeles. LaTulip breaks down the impact of Kylan Boswell's return, the impact of Andrej Stojakovic's absence and the continued strong play of freshmen Keaton Wagler and David Mirkovic. The guys then look ahead to this week's games at USC and at UCLA and the latest in the race for the Big Ten championship and a high seed in the NCAA Tournament.

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0:45.5	It is Jeremy Warner.
0:46.8	Let's welcome in, Mike Lutup, our weekly hit with our Line Inquirer basketball analyst,
0:51.2	Sim nationally doing some broadcasting on CBS Sports Network, as well as
0:55.0	Field of the 68 and all of that.
0:56.7	Mike, how are you?
0:57.5	Good to see you, buddy.
0:58.5	I'm great.
0:59.7	I'm great.
1:00.6	I just was in Champaign yesterday.
1:04.0	I was able to chat it up with you and chat it up with a bunch of people in that arena.
1:08.9	So I'm social batteries up. I'm doing well. Yeah, and this time of year we get a little bit more of that, especially in our field, as we get to the conference tournaments, NCAA tournament. You get to see all these people. So it's a fun time of year. But it was a fun atmosphere at State Farm Center. I thought the crowd was great, the crush was rocking.
1:28.1	Most importantly, it was an emphatic response by Illinois after back-to-back OT losses.
1:33.6	They get it done 71-51 over Indiana.
1:37.1	Just what stuck out to you, Mike, just overall.
1:40.0	I thought it was one of the most complete 40 minutes of focus of effort, attention to detail
1:46.2	that we've seen this season from this Illinois team, who's had a damn good season.
1:51.8	And so I thought you touched on it.
1:53.4	I thought the building felt locked in.
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