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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 457 - Mike LaTulip's basketball mega preview: Big Ten hoops, NBA draft and beyond

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C

Football, Sports

4.9577 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Mike LaTulip discuss the best and worst moves of the Big Ten basketball offseason, where Illinois and Indiana stack up in the Big Ten title race, if Kofi Cockburn will hear his name called on NBA Draft night, and much more on a jam-packed basketball episode.

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0:00.0

Today on the podcast, Michael Tullup, O'I-Nquire basketball analysts.

0:17.4

We talk an hour plus of basketball, not just Illinois.

0:21.6

We've talked all about Illinois, but we've got plenty of O'I-Nai talking here.

0:26.1

But Mike and I weigh in on the latest topics, including some Aligni stuff.

0:30.1

But then we dive more into the Big Ten.

0:32.4

I asked Mike about the front runners in the Big Ten, or at least projected front runners, which includes Illinois.

0:38.7

I ask him about some of the teams that have really weird, non-active off-seasons and who had the worst off-season.

0:46.6

But then we talk about teams that could surprise as well.

0:49.4

But then we dive into the NBA draft.

0:51.2

So if you're a fan of the NBA draft or a fan of seeing where these Big Ten guys go in the NBA draft, we talk about who should go number one. Jade and Ivy, should he go higher than Keegan Murray or Flip-Fop that? Who does he like later on in the draft? That could be a really good NBA player. We talk about the Bulls. I have a great conversation about the Bulls and a potential Big Ten player that they could take.

1:12.4

And we also talk about the Illini and who the best NBA prospect is on the team, which is a

1:16.9

fun question because there's a lot of guys that seemingly have some NBA potential, which

1:22.4

hasn't been true enough for the past 10, 15 years for the Alina.

1:26.8

But Brad Underwood with the talent, he is accruing, is turning that around. So let's talk a bunch of hoops on today's podcast with Michael Toowip. That's coming up next. Welcome into the Alina Inquirer podcast. Always pumped to get our guy, Michael Toop, former Olani, former Wright State Guard, onto the podcast. And I want to do something different with Mike today.

1:45.9

But first of all, I think we got to give you a welcome back to the Midwest. Is that right,

1:51.4

Mike, with moving to the Indianapolis area, which is one of my favorite places to visit in the

1:56.3

Big Tens whenever the Big Ten tournament is there, man.

1:58.8

No, I'm back, man. I'm back. It feels good to be around.

2:02.7

It feels good to be able to pop over to champagne and pop over to see my family, see my parents' family.

2:10.1

It makes a lot easier. Well, Mike, let's hit on a few of line-eye things. Before we get a little more

2:14.8

topical about the Big Ten, I want to get into the NBA draft with you as well. We're just a week away from the NBA draft. I just want to get some

2:22.3

of your opinions on that. I might ask you as a Bulls fan what you think they could do this off

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