Ep. 1159 - Isaac Trotter on Final Four core returning to Illini
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
CBS Sports college basketball writer Isaac Trotter joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to talk about four key Illinois basketball players annoncing their returns to Illinois basketball for the 2026-27 season: David Mirkovic, Tomislav Ivisic, Zvonimir Ivisic and Jake Davis. The guys discuss what it means for the program, how they all can improve and what's next, including the latest on Andrej Stojakovic and John Blackwell.
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| 0:00.0 | David made an announcement today, Merck made an announcement today. |
| 0:04.0 | There was, pretty thumbs up. |
| 0:10.0 | Jay, what do you got? |
| 0:13.0 | Uh, yeah, I just, you know, I love being here. |
| 0:19.0 | It's a great place to be you guys make it feel like home |
| 0:23.0 | I love all my teammates and let the staff everything here you know so so why leave you know |
| 0:28.1 | I might as well to stay here I don't know what Tommy has a mind about I I'll let him, you know, figure it out. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm back. |
| 0:42.3 | Oh, I got my twin brother here, so we've got to say something to me. |
| 0:57.0 | You guys are not going to say? |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah, all I'm going to say, it's been fun and I decided to put my name in the right. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm playing running back. |
| 1:05.0 | Hell you. Welcome in to the Lion-Iquire podcast. |
| 1:17.0 | It is Jeremy Warner, Line Enquirer, publisher here with you on a bright Thursday morning in Central Illinois, even though there's some cloud cover out there. |
| 1:25.6 | Great day for Aligni fans on Wednesday. |
| 1:28.7 | As you had a Twitch stream, a Bud Light Chug, though to be honest, I expected a little bit better |
| 1:33.1 | from Thomas Love Ivich. |
| 1:34.7 | And a fake out by Zvonimir Ivisich, but it all added up to a great day for Illinois |
| 1:39.4 | basketball as four from the final four core are coming back to Illinois for the 2026-27 season. |
| 1:46.6 | David Mirkovich, Thomasov, Ivisich, Vonimier-Evich, and Jake Davis, and our friend Isaac |
| 1:52.1 | Trotter joining us from CBS Sports College basketball writer, kind enough to give us more of his time, |
| 1:57.2 | but I can't wait for your insight, Isaac, because boy, that was a big day for Illinois. |
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