Ep. 1147 - Derek Piper & Kyle Tausk preview Illinois vs. Houston in the Sweet Sixteen
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner picks the brains of Derek Piper and Kyle Tausk to preview Thursday's Sweet Sixteen game between Illinois and Houston. The guys break down the Illini's first-weekend performance, their biggest concerns about Houston, their biggest reasons for optimism about Illinois and the X-factor for Illinois. The guys end the show by making their game predictions.
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| 0:44.2 | See times and conditions at Sheila's Wheels.com. Welcome into the Ilan Inquirer podcast. It is Jeremy Warner live in Houston, getting ready for Illinois. |
| 1:09.0 | The number three seed in the South region taking on number two seed in hometown, Houston, a 905 central time tip off. |
| 1:16.8 | I think it's on true TV, TNT, something like that. |
| 1:19.2 | But we have a great panel here. |
| 1:21.9 | It's Kyle Tosk, Alina Inquirer, and Derek Piper, Alina Inquirer, Emeritus. |
| 1:26.9 | Boys, Kyle, how are you? Good to see you. I'm great, man. I'm excited to talk about this game and talk with Pipes again. I used to talk hoops with him like every day and it feels like don't get to anymore. So this will be awesome. And that is why we're doing it. Piper and I have talked hoops. Kyle and I have |
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