Ep. 1155 - Mike LaTulip's Illini offseason plan

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to discuss the Illini's Final Four loss to UConn and preview the offseason. LaTulip breaks down what went wrong against UConn and reflects on a special season. He then discusses the Illini's retention efforts and transfer possibilities for rebuilding the backcourt and filling a hole in the frontcourt.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the online inquire podcast. We are live on this Wednesday, April 8th, here on our YouTube channel. We appreciate you guys hopping in as we are still kind of settling into the reality of Illinois's final four run, a loss to Yukon.
0:29.7	You kind of want to sit in that for a little bit, but you can't with this calendar for college basketball, the transfer portal is open.
0:37.4	Illinois retention efforts have begun,
0:40.1	and we're going to chat about it all with Mike Lutuup, our line-in-quire basketball analyst.
0:44.6	It's been a busy, busy season, but we'll get Mike here on the podcast very, very shortly.
0:50.1	Go over all of it. Go over what happened against Yukon. Go over the season as a whole reflect on what was a special run for the Illinois.
0:58.6	We'll also chat about retention efforts, Quentin Coleman joining the fray and what Illinois needs to add in the transfer portal.
1:06.0	And we'll hit on some of those targets that you guys are all talking about.
1:08.9	So sit back, relax.
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2:13.7	All right, let's welcome in, Michael Tutup.
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