Ep. 566 - Niccolò Moretti commits to Illini; Bears hire Kevin Warren
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner chats with Derek Piper, who breaks down what Niccolò Moretti brings to Illinois basketball, how his early enrollment impacts his development and how Illinois is attacking international recruiting. Joey Wagner then joins Werner to react to the Chicago Bears hiring Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren for their president & CEO role and how it impacts the future of the Big Ten. The guys also discuss transfer center Avery Jones flipping from Illinois to Auburn, the two remaining assistant vacancies and Illinois basketball.
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| 0:37.4 | Today on the Illinois Enquirer podcast, we got Joey Wagner and Derek Piper on this podcast. We've got two pieces |
| 0:38.6 | of news we want to get to. We've got a lot of things I want to get to with Joy Wagner, including |
| 0:42.8 | Kevin Warren, getting hired by the Bears. We heard about this report late last month, and now it is |
| 0:48.6 | official. The Bears have hired Kevin Warren, the Big Ten Commissioner, as their new president and CEO. |
| 0:55.1 | I got two lines of thoughts here. |
| 0:57.4 | One is a Bears fan. |
| 0:58.9 | One is somebody who covers the Big Ten. |
| 1:01.3 | So we'll get into that with Joy Wagner. |
| 1:03.3 | Derek Piper, I talked to him about Kevin Warren a little bit as a fellow Bears fan. |
| 1:07.1 | But Derek Piper also weighs in on Niccolo Moretti. |
| 1:10.4 | Had Derek on the podcast earlier this week to talk about the Nebraska win, of course, live from Lincoln. But Derek Piper also weighs in on Niccolo Moretti. Had Derek on the podcast earlier this |
| 1:11.7 | week to talk about the Nebraska win, of course, live from Lincoln. But now we've got to break down |
| 1:15.7 | the newest Aligni point guard. What does he bring in the short and long term for Illinois? What does |
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