Today on the podcast, Michael Tullup joins us to break down his thoughts on Illinois

basketball heading into the NCAA tournament and his breakdown of the matchup against number eight seed Arkansas.

Number nine seed Illinois takes on Arkansas on the first round of the NCAA tournament.

330 on TBS in Des Moines, Wells Fargo Arena should be a packed house because Arkansas fans travel, Illinois's fans travel, and on the

other side of the pod, number one seed, Kansas, their fans certainly travel as well.

So Mike will break down. What do you think of this matchup for Illinois, what they should be

concerned about with Arkansas and what maybe they can exploit with Arkansas and why these two

teams are pretty similar.

But before we get to Mike, when you hear names like Frank Williams, Sergio McLean, Marcus

Griffin, Jerry Hester, and others, it evokes great O'I-Basketball memories.

And for two decades, the Peoria to Illinois pipeline powered one of the greatest

eras in O'Ini Hoops history.

And now you can read the inside stories and the behind-the-scenes tales of these players and more.

In an engaging and insightful new book, it's called Playgrounds to the Pro's Legends of Peoria Basketball by Jeff Carson and published by the University of Illinois Press.

You can get your copy wherever you shop for books online. Again,

great book. They sent it out to me on the cover. You see Sean Livingston. Playgrounds to the

pros, legends of Peoria basketball. Find it wherever you get your books online. Up next, Michael

Toole on the Ilan On The On Inquirer podcast. All right, Illinois is heading the NCAA tournament,

not heading too far down the road,

heading to Des Moines, where the number nine seed, O'Ina, will take on the number eight seat,

Arkansas Razorbacks.

Michael Toobb, joining us now.

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