Ep. 1156 - Isaac Trotter on Illini's retention & transfer portal efforts

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4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner discusses Illinois women's basketball landing LSU transfer guard Divine Bourrage and the latest with Illinois football recruiting. CBS Sports basketball writer Isaac Trotter then joins Werner to put a bow on the Illini basketball 2025-26 season and discuss the Illini's retention and transfer portal efforts.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the O'Anquire podcast.
0:14.7	It is Jeremy Warner, O'Anquire publisher here with you.
0:18.4	Today on the podcast, we will chat with Isaac Trotter, our guy CBS Sports College basketball writer. We'll share here with you. Today on the podcast, we will chat with Isaac Trotter, our guy, CBS Sports, college basketball
0:24.2	writer.
0:24.9	We'll put a bow on the Illinois basketball 25, 26 season, the special run to the final four.
0:31.2	Of course, we will look ahead to what is ongoing, the offseason retention efforts, how
0:36.4	important keeping these players is from the
0:39.3	final four core. And of course, what Illinois could add in the transfer portal. We'll talk a little
0:43.7	bit more about John Blackwell, some other people that Isaac Trotter thinks Illinois should be
0:47.4	paying attention to and some early action in the Big Ten, Michigan with a big addition and a big
0:52.4	retention already. Iowa with a big loss, Nebraska with a big addition.
0:57.6	We'll talk about all that with Isaac Trotter.
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