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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 1136 - Illini hang on to beat Maryland 78-72 in regular-season finale

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9574 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 78-72 win at Maryland. The guys discuss Illinois' struggles to put away one of the Big Ten's worst teams, their struggles to stop Andre Mills and their ability to find a way to win regardless. The guys then look ahead to the postseason.

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0:00.0

Welcome into the online inquire podcast. It is Jeremy Warner live in College Park, Maryland and Kyle Toss back in Champaign.

0:19.7

We're here to recap an Illinois 78, 72 win over Maryland.

0:24.6

Illinois clinches a top four seed in the Big Ten tournament.

0:27.5

They will play on Friday, whether they are the three or the four.

0:30.7

It depends on the outcome of the Iowa Nebraska game, which is ongoing right now.

0:34.6

But a 15 and five regular season in the Big 10.

0:37.9

They go 24 and 7 on the season.

0:39.7

I think most would take that, Kyle.

0:41.5

But some concerns in this one as a closer than expected game against a Maryland

0:46.2

team that finishes in 17th place in the Big 10, 11 and 20 on the season, 4 and 16 in Big 10 play.

0:54.0

Andre Mills goes off against Illinois with 30 points, another quick, very talented

0:59.2

freshman guard that Illinois could not contain, hit some tough shots.

1:04.0

But Dobbin Mirkich was phenomenal for the line.

1:06.3

I really kept him afloat in the first half.

1:08.1

I helped him close that one out.

1:09.6

22 points, 11 rebounds for Dobbin, Mirkovich.

1:13.5

But shooting struggles, Kyle, but in a time where it is survive in advance, Illinois found a way to survive.

1:19.4

We'll leave some question marks going into the postseason after the last three weeks that have been kind of uninspired.

1:24.8

The good news is you escape disaster.

1:27.3

A loss there, I think this is a very different

1:30.0

podcast, and there's still plenty of things to take out of that game, but you get a win,

1:35.3

you clinch the triple by, you avoid what would have been a really, really bad loss and

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