All right. Welcome into the Align I Inquirer podcast. I'm Joey Wagner. He's Derek Piper. We're here with Illinois

men's basketball assistant coach, Chester Frazier.

Chester, how are you, man?

A small break.

I appreciate the window.

I'm great, man.

How's everything on your end?

It's good.

Maybe finally a minute to catch our breath, the offseason here, maybe?

Maybe.

Not really, but.

So let's start, Chester, back, man, back at Illinois.

What was the first year like for you back here, back, you know, this place that we know means a lot to you?

Oh, it was fun, man.

You know, you know, looking back on it, it was a lot of unknowns coming into it. You know, we're coming in and Kofi wasn't sure what he was going to do and, you know, not knowing, you know, what our complete roster would look like. But, you know, with him coming back, you know, solidified us as a, I would say, a top tier team. And, you know, I thought we were going to be pretty good if he didn't come back. But boy, as high insight as 2020, but I'm sure glad he came back.

Chester, to win a Big Ten title and have that experience,

as you reflect back on what led to you guys being in a position to do that

and just that accomplishment, what is that, how has that permeated in your mind here in the off season?

Maybe you had a chance to reflect.

Well, you know, the sad thing is now you got to go do it again.

But, you know, reflecting on it, you know, it's why I came back.

I said it from day one.

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