300 years of expertise in every twining sleep blend.

100 hours of craft in every cup.

Eight natural ingredients in every sip.

One night of winding down in every drop.

Your moment of serenity.

Brought to you by twining sleep.

Twinings.

Alive in every drop.

Music Welcome into the online choir podcast.

Today we catch up with Michael Tulip because we got a lot to catch up about.

A lot has happened in the week since Michael Toop was last on this podcast, including two Illinois wins over Big Ten opponents.

Now, granted, they're at the bottom of the Big Ten standings, but that's what a team like Illinois needs to do against Michigan and Ruckers, who are now both two and five at the bottom of the

Big Ten standings. Illinois keeping pace, just a half game behind Purdue and one game behind

Wisconsin in this Big Ten race. And of course,

their chances in the Big Ten went up a little bit with Terrence Shannon coming back into the fold.

Mike breaks down what he saw from Terrence Shannon in his return, how he impacts the rest of the

team. And of course, their chances now, both in the Big Ten and further than that in the postseason with Terrence Shannon back on the team.

We also dive into a huge week for Coleman Hawkins, Justin Harmon's great performance after what was not a great game against Maryland.

And then we look ahead to Wednesday night's game against Northwestern, as well as Saturday's game against

Indiana. And since it's Indiana week, I decided to bring up a good memory for Michael Toop and

O'I basketball and the best memory probably of the John Gross era. And there's Illinois beating

number one Indiana, Tom Crean, Victor Oladipo, Yogi Farrell, Cody Zeller, as DJ Richardson had a huge game in that one.

...