Ep. 1151 - Mike LaTulip previews the Final Four & Illinois vs. UConn
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois clinching a spot in the Final Four and its matchup against UConn. LaTulip breaks down what this means for the program, Brad Underwood and the players. He then looks ahead to Saturday's semifinal between Illinois and UConn and why it is different than November's matchup in NYC.
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| 0:39.4 | Today on the Elon Enquirer podcast, Michael Tewap joins us to break down Illinois Illinois heading to the final four. And we now know who they'll play. Dan Hurley and the Yukon Huskies with the epic comeback win over Duke. |
| 0:47.1 | They advanced to their third final four in four years after Braylon Mullins hits one of the most iconic three point shots at the buzzer, |
| 0:57.0 | man, basically at the buzzer, point three seconds left for Yukon to head to the final four, |
| 1:02.1 | setting up a rematch of the November 28th game that Illinois lost. Of course, Illinois, |
| 1:06.4 | a very different team with Keaton Wogler now having the keys to the offense. |
| 1:11.3 | Michael Tuup will breakdown on that. |
| 1:12.6 | Of course, we will react to what was a special weekend in Houston. |
| 1:16.6 | Get Mike thoughts on the Iowa win and just kind of soak in what is an epic run for the |
| 1:22.7 | line of their third trip to the final four of the modern era. |
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