Ep. 645 - Piper's Peach Jam takeaways
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper joins Jeremy Werner to give his biggest takeaways from Nike EYBL's Peach Jam. Piper weighs in on Illini commit Morez Johnson's big week and what he saw from 2024 F Jason Jakstys, 2024 G Mikey Lewis and 2025 G Jeremiah Fears. Piper then breaks down what he's hearing about summer workouts for the Illini's younger players and the guys discuss Zach Hamer and Tyler Underwood getting promoted to on-court assistant coaching roles.
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| 0:38.3 | Today on the online inquire podcast, an hour of Illinois basketball talk with Derek Piper. |
| 0:44.7 | He's back from South Carolina slash Georgia as he took in Peach Jam up close and saw Res Johnson complete his summer surge. What a week in, actually the last couple weeks with the NBAPA |
| 0:51.6 | top 100 camp that the Illinois commit. |
| 0:54.6 | How far could he rise in the rankings? |
| 0:56.6 | We'll see. |
| 0:57.7 | But Derek Piper breaks down what he saw, what Merez Johnson is going to bring to Illinois. |
| 1:02.6 | We also break down Jason Jackson, Mikey Lewis, two Illinoisites in the class of 2024. |
| 1:09.3 | And we really dive into the 2025 top target, Jeremiah Fears, in-state native from |
| 1:16.1 | Joliette. |
| 1:17.0 | I know his brother Jeremy, McDonald's All-American going to Michigan State. |
| 1:19.9 | Talk about how the line as recruitment and kind of slamming on the brakes of Jeremy could |
| 1:25.8 | have impact Jeremiah or not. |
| 1:27.7 | But we break down Jeremiah's game as well. |
| 1:30.1 | And then we dive into the Illinois basketball team. |
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