Ep. 1168 - Joe Henricksen on in-state recruiting importance for Illini hoops
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
City/Suburban Hoops Report's Joe Henricksen joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to discuss the state of in-state basketball recruiting, its importance for the Illini in today's age of college basketball, Illini Class of 2027 commits Quinton Kitt and Mason Martin and 2028 targets Brady Pettigrew and Cole Kelly.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Elan Inquirer podcast, Joe Henriksen City Suburban Hoops Report and the Chicago Sun- Sun Times joins me for a great conversation about |
| 0:21.8 | in-state basketball recruiting. |
| 0:25.0 | Joe, I've been talking to for, gosh, almost two decades now since I've started the radio show |
| 0:30.3 | at ESPN 93-5 and through Alana Inquirer here. |
| 0:34.5 | Haven't caught up with Joe in a while and I don't get to catch up with them as much because in state recruiting, Illinois is not relied on as much in basketball. And we talk about |
| 0:44.4 | that, how Brad Underwood has built the program to that point. But Illinois also is still recruiting |
| 0:49.1 | the state hard and picking guys that it really likes, including Mason Martin and Nico Valley, |
| 0:54.5 | 2027 sharpshooter and Quentin Kit of East Peoria. |
| 0:58.7 | Joe did break the news that Quentin is going to go to a prep school for his senior season. |
| 1:03.2 | We talk about that, but we talk about how Illinois approaches in state recruiting, |
| 1:07.5 | how high majors and even mid-majors are approaching in-state recruiting. |
| 1:11.8 | And we talk about Quentin Kitt, Mason Martin, how they fit into what Illinois wants to do, |
| 1:16.7 | how Joe seen them develop. And we talk about some two big-time prospects in Brady |
| 1:22.1 | Pedigrew out of Bowling Brook and Cole Kelly out ofiqua Valley in the class of 2028. |
| 1:28.7 | So Joe Henderson, one of my favorite people to talk to is so informative. |
| 1:33.1 | He tells it like it is. |
| 1:34.7 | No one is plugged in with in-state basketball recruiting and talent than Joe Henderson. |
| 1:40.3 | So I enjoyed catching up with him talking about the in-state importance for Illinois |
| 1:44.3 | basketball, how it compares to what it was 5, 10, 15 years ago and what he thinks of what |
| 1:49.5 | Brad Underwood has done with this program. |
| 1:51.6 | So coming up next, Joe Hendrickson, City Suburban Hoops Report, joins us on the Alina Inquirer |
| 1:56.2 | podcast. |
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