Ep. 595 - Half empty, half full: Illini fall 76-71 at No. 5 Purdue
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's 76-71 loss at No. 5 Purdue. The guys discuss the crazy variance of this team, which trailed by 21 at halftime but erased the deficit with a minute remaining, and the potential reasons behind it -- and potential fixes. And the guys discuss good efforts from Coleman Hawkins, Luke Goode and Sencire Harris before putting a letter grade on the regular season and previewing the postseason.
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| 0:43.9 | S-P-A-N-U Jeremy Warner. That's Derek Piper. I am not being held hostage at the top of Mack Arena, even though it might look like it. We're just trying to spread out. |
| 1:11.0 | And there's a celebration going on, even though they clinched the Big Ten outright title |
| 1:15.5 | when Illinois beat Michigan with a crazy game. |
| 1:19.4 | But we saw another crazy game here today, Derek Piper. |
| 1:22.5 | And again, I think it's the worst lead as a writer in sports. |
| 1:26.8 | But this team is a tale of two halves. |
| 1:29.9 | They build a 21 point deficit in the first half, just play awful, giving Purdue an 11 point lead. |
| 1:37.2 | And Zach Eadie didn't even make that big of an impact in the first half in really this entire game. |
| 1:41.9 | But they let the other guys, Brandon Newman, Braden Smith, go off in the first half. |
| 1:45.7 | Had a bunch of turnovers that led to points for Purdue. |
| 1:48.6 | But Illinois in the second half is the number one seed, Derek. |
| 1:51.9 | That's just how they played here recently. |
| 1:54.5 | They played catch up. |
| 1:55.7 | Purdue let up a little bit, made some shots, found a way to erase a 21 point first half deficit and are tied with a minute |
| 2:05.2 | 17 left unable to execute it to win this game but you you had the greatest gift i think you can |
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