Ep. 636 - Illini's point guard plan; Top 2024 & 2025 targets
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper joins Jeremy Werner to discuss the latest with Illinois basketball's 2023-24 roster. The guys discuss the concerns about point guard and whether it will cap the Illini's ceiling next season. Piper discusses Jeremiah Williams' status, what Ty Rodgers and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn could bring at point guard and how Brad Underwood must scheme this team. The guys also discuss the positives about the roster and why this team could be better than last season. Derek then breaks down some of the Illini's top Class of 2024 and 2025 targets as summer recruiting heats up.
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| 0:36.9 | Today on the online inquire podcast, we get away from the football, which obviously has been red hot on the recruiting trail. |
| 0:38.8 | And we focus on basketball. We focus on some of the good things about Illinois basketball's upcoming 20, 23, 24 roster. |
| 0:46.8 | But we also address, yes, those point guard concerns. Is the roster completely set? |
| 0:52.7 | What does that mean for the point guard position? |
| 0:55.1 | Is Jeremiah Williams going to be a part of that? |
| 0:58.2 | What's Ty Rogers' role? |
| 0:59.7 | How important is he? |
| 1:01.1 | Dre Gibbs Lawhorn is only going to rely on a freshman more than we initially expected. |
| 1:06.3 | Derek Piper is going to join us to break that all down. |
| 1:09.4 | We dive into the Illinois basketball roster, which is looking more and more set by the day. |
| 1:14.9 | There are some things to like, and we dive into those, but there's also that concern that |
| 1:19.5 | many of you are voicing, understandably so. |
| 1:22.1 | So we're going to dive all into that with Derek Piper and Illinois basketball. |
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