Ep. 722 - Mike LaTulip previews critical road tests for Illini hoops
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to preview a critical road stretch of three tough tests for Illinois basketball: at Rutgers, vs. FAU in the Jimmy V Classic and at Tennessee. LaTulip breaks down what he wants to see out of the Illini, how Coleman Hawkins' return could impact the team and what we'll learn about the team. He also breaks down what he's seen out of the rest of the Big Ten, including whether Purdue is the national title favorite.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the online inquire podcast, let's get back to some Illinois basketball top, shall we? |
| 0:17.6 | I haven't had a lot to talk about or watch here in the last couple weeks, |
| 0:21.1 | is Illinois only had one game over the last 10 or 11 days here against Western Illinois, |
| 0:26.7 | an easy route for them as they should in non-conference play here against a lower-level |
| 0:30.7 | opponent, but we're going to find out a lot about Illinois basketball over the next couple |
| 0:35.6 | weeks and really the entire month of December as this week |
| 0:40.1 | Illinois travels to Rutgers which has been a house of horrors for the Illini in recent years |
| 0:45.1 | they've lost their three straight to the Scarlet Knights at the rack I think it's jersey Mike's |
| 0:50.2 | arena now but they also have Ford Atlantic which I know they lost to Bryant, but probably don't |
| 0:55.6 | feel as good about that game anymore because the final four team from last year, the |
| 0:59.9 | AOLUS have beaten Butler, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech in three straight games. |
| 1:04.6 | And then next weekend, Illinois goes to a Tennessee team that has lost three straight, |
| 1:08.8 | but those three straight have been to Purdue, Kansas, and North Carolina. Tennessee is very good. They're still number nine in the Kempom. Dalton Connect, their transfer is really good. They're awesome defensively. That could be a slug fest. But this is kind of fun because we're going to learn a lot about Illinois. For good or for bad, we're going to find out a lot about Illinois. |
| 1:29.7 | And don't forget, Colgate on December 17th, after finals, not an easy game. |
| 1:33.7 | Missouri game. |
| 1:34.6 | Missouri hasn't been off to a great start so far this year. |
| 1:37.2 | They did beat Pitt this past week, so they are capable. |
| 1:41.1 | And we know kind of throughout the records in that game Missouri's kind of owned it in |
| 1:45.2 | the Brad Underwood era so we got a really important month for Illinois basketball where they need to |
| 1:51.2 | win some games here if they want to be considered a big 10 contender but they also need to win some games |
| 1:55.8 | start building that NCAA tournament resume so they competed against Marquette, right? |
| 2:00.8 | That was a pretty good game until the final minutes for Illinois. |
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