Ep. 477 - Piper on Hansberry, international recruiting and more
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner chats with Derek Piper about the latest in Illinois basketball recruiting and scheduling. The guys break down the measure of success for the 2022-23 nonconference schedule, whether the 2023 recruiting class in Amani Hansberry or bust, the latest on the Illini's 2024 pursuits and the Illini's increasing international recruiting focus.
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| 0:50.3 | So Derek Piper, welcome back to the pod as we've gone really football heavy. |
| 0:54.9 | Joey Wagner and I in our football bunkers now that training camp is about to start. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's talk some hoops because it's always a good time to talk hoops in Illinois country. |
| 1:03.2 | Even on July 29th Friday as we were recording this, Derek back from Peach Jam, heading |
| 1:08.3 | all the way down to Georgia. I'm guessing you made your stop for some hot chicken. I actually didn't know. I did stop in Nashville. My brother lives there. It goes to Bandi for grad school. Got some barbecue instead, so change it up a little bit this time. But always good eats in Nashville. I always recommend the hot chicken. We got some barbecue. I went down to Peach Jam like usual, |
| 1:27.9 | and it's the event of the summer when you see all the coaches that show up. I mean, |
| 1:31.8 | you just got the top players in the country on the EYBL circuit, and agents are out there, |
| 1:36.8 | national media is out there. It's a good time and a lot of great fanfare as well. So always |
| 1:42.5 | one of my favorite, if not my favorite trip, especially of the |
| 1:46.0 | AAU cycle. But it was a good trip and a long haul, but we're back. And yeah, let's talk some hoops. |
| 1:52.3 | Can you set the scene like what it's like to be there? Because even at some place like Riverside, |
| 1:58.0 | Brookfield, which is a place I go, you just see all these bigwig |
| 2:02.6 | coaches, Juan Howard sitting over here, Brad Underwood sitting over there, John Gross, sitting |
| 2:06.7 | over here. |
| 2:07.1 | What is it like at Peach Jam, which is like a national have-to-be-there event? |
| 2:15.2 | Yeah, it's really condensed. |
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