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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 1146 - Kyle Tucker on Illini's Final Four chances, top NCAAT storylines; Joey Wagner recaps Illini WBB season

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C

Sports, Football

4.9574 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

247Sports college basketball writer Kyle Tucker joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to discuss the top storylines of the NCAA Tournament so far, Illinois vs. Houston in the Sweet Sixteen and the Illini's ceiling in this tournament. Then Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner joins to recap Illinois women's basketball season, which ended with a Round of 32 loss to Vanderbilt, and looks ahead to the future of the program.

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0:00.0

Today on the online inquire podcast, we're going to catch up with 24-7 sports, latest, greatest hire.

0:18.2

That's Kyle Tucker.

0:19.4

He's a national college basketballball writer I've long been a

0:22.0

fan of his when he was at the athletic he got out of the business but it roped him back in and he

0:26.9

talks about why he thinks this is a great time that he had to cover college basketball he was also

0:31.9

at the Greenville pod covering nationally for 24-7 sports and he's's got a story coming up on Illinois's offense.

0:39.3

Ask him about Illinois.

0:40.6

What he learned about them with their wins over Penn and VCU, and we preview Illinois Houston as well.

0:47.0

We also just take a look at the national landscape.

0:49.4

What are the stories of the tournament and what could happen to the coaching carousel if North Carolina gets involved.

0:55.5

So it was fun catching up with Kyle Tucker, a great talent in this industry. I'm glad he's

0:59.5

part of the 24-7 sports team. Also, we're going to talk with Joey Wagner. Recap, I should say,

1:05.8

the Illinois women's basketball season ends in the round of 32 for a second straight year, but for a young

1:13.1

team, a team without a lot of experience, freshmen really leading this along with Barry Wallace,

1:18.6

a sophomore. What a season for Shauna Green to continue to raise the expectations by not only

1:25.7

just getting into the tournament, but getting a seven seed,

1:28.2

winning a game in the NCAA tournament.

1:30.5

And boy, if they can keep this roster together, I think they're going to do really,

1:33.7

really good things in the future.

1:35.7

So we'll catch up with Joy Wagner, talk about that, talk about what we learned about

1:39.6

this program this season and where they could go from here.

1:42.8

So when we come back, Kyle Tucker talking to Linae men's basketball, the NCAA tournament.

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