Ep. 785 - Illini are Elite Again

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Derek Piper react to Illinois basketball's 72-69 win over Iowa State in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and discuss the Illini's matchup with No. 1 seed UCONN in the Elite 8. The guys break down big games from Terrence Shannon Jr, Coleman Hawkins, and others as the Illini pick up the intensity on the defensive side as well.

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0:38.3	Good morning. Welcome into the Lion Inquirer podcast. It's Jeremy Warner and Derek Piper.
0:43.4	I had to catch myself. It is 1.30am local time here.
0:45.6	Derek Piper's already got his morning coffee going.
0:48.5	I got a Diet Coke over here.
0:51.5	We had to cancel my flight, Derek.
0:53.7	We were going to leave out of Providence yesterday.
0:54.7	I just felt like I needed to book something. I canceled that just a couple minutes ago and have to extend our hotel.
1:00.4	Hopefully we can do that in the morning. But these are good problems to have because we ain't
1:05.4	freaking leaving. Illinois leaving around. Hanging around in Boston as they beat Iowa State.
1:11.7	72, 69 in the Sweet 16.
1:14.5	They advanced to the elite eight.
1:16.7	We're coming in an elite eight game where Illinois takes on top-ranked Yukon on Saturday night around 510 central time, 6-10, I believe.
1:26.3	There's a 5-10 Eastern time.
1:29.4	I got to figure that out. It's early in the's 10 eastern eastern 610 eastern 510 central yeah yeah all these numbers going through my head but
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