Ep. 462 - The French Connection
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C
4.9 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Derek Piper discuss the impact and skillset of international forward Zacharie Perrin committing to Illinois basketball, and how he fits in the rotation. Later, the guys zoom out on what's been a crazy offseason of attrition for Brad Underwood's program.
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| 0:37.4 | Welcome into the online inquire podcast, Jeremy Warner, Derek Piper. |
| 0:50.0 | Bonjour, I should have said, Derek, as we start this one, is Illinois finds a French connection, gets Zachary Perrin, a six-foot-10-ish, 6-11-ish, 230-pound power forward. |
| 0:53.6 | It's 17 years old, going to turn 18 before the season. But a really intriguing international man |
| 0:56.5 | of mystery that we've been hearing about, at least behind the scenes for a little bit. Derek, |
| 1:00.2 | you've been talking about him on the site for the last couple weeks. But before we get |
| 1:04.9 | into what Zachary Perrin brings to the program, because he's a very intriguing talent. |
| 1:10.0 | And we'll talk about just this crazy |
| 1:12.7 | offseason that's gone crazily well for Illinois. How did this go down? Like, what is the |
| 1:18.7 | French connection here with the Illinois staff? I think you look at Jeff Alexander with his |
| 1:24.9 | international connections, a guy that prior to being an assistant |
| 1:28.8 | in Illinois, he looked back to his time at Evansville, made a really big splash there by getting |
| 1:33.3 | a Lithuanian big man who was an all Missouri Valley type of guy, first team twice, and led |
| 1:38.8 | the country in rebounding, actually back in 2016. So Jeff is well versed in the international |
| 1:43.9 | scene. |
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