Ep. 1154 - Illini fall 71-62 to UConn in Final Four
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's season-ending 71-62 loss to UConn in the Final Four. The guys discuss a tough shooting night, why UConn has had Illinois' number, the atmosphere at Lucas Oil Stadium and more. Then the guys discuss the offseason ahead, retention efforts and transfer portal focus.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning live from Indy. |
| 0:14.5 | Welcome into the Alana Inquirer podcast. |
| 0:16.9 | It is Jeremy Warner and Kyle Tosk. |
| 0:19.6 | It's a little bit of a drearyary overcast morning here near Lucas Oil Stadium. |
| 0:24.3 | Kind of fitting for Illinois is most seasons, all but one, end in tears in Illinois, one of the final three teams to do that. |
| 0:31.4 | But it doesn't make it any easier. |
| 0:33.3 | 7162 loss to Yukon in the final four, the line I trailed for 35 minutes in this one. |
| 0:40.9 | We will react to that. |
| 0:42.1 | I know a lot of people don't want to live in that loss. |
| 0:44.5 | I don't want to live in that pain, |
| 0:46.0 | but we will react to it a little bit here after a late night in Indianapolis here. |
| 0:51.2 | We'll also just kind of recap a season to remember and then look ahead a little bit to the offseason. |
| 0:57.0 | We got all weeks ahead to talk about the offseason and potential additions, but we'll hit on some of that stuff. |
| 1:02.9 | But Kyle Tosk is a bad night to have a bad shooting night. |
| 1:05.8 | Illinois 6 for 26 from 3. |
| 1:08.8 | Their second worst offensive performance of the night by the season by efficiency, |
| 1:14.6 | their worst was against Yukon. |
| 1:16.9 | What is it about Yukon, Kyle, where they have the Illinois's number with three wins |
| 1:21.7 | over the line over the last three seasons by an average margin of about 16 points? |
| 1:26.2 | I don't know. |
| 1:27.0 | I think it's the fact that that program is as good as there is in. by an average margin of about 16 points. I don't know. |
| 1:28.0 | I think it's the fact that that program is as good as there is in the country. |
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