Ep. 921 - Mike LaTulip on how Illini 'sent a message' with Oregon win

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Illini Inquirer basketball analyst Mike LaTulip joins Jeremy Werner to react to Illinois basketball's 109-77 rout at No. 9 Oregon and explains why it was "close to the most complete performance of the Brad Underwood era." LaTulip breaks down what led to the statement victory and why it "sends a message" as well as big performances from Ben Humrichous, Jake Davis, Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Tre White, Kasparas Jakucionis and Kylan Boswell. LaTulip then looks ahead to the Illini's upcoming stretch against Washington, Penn State and USC.

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0:44.8	It is Jeremy Warner and Michael Tewip.
0:47.1	It was a performance so good by Illinois basketball at number nine, Oregon that we had to do to podcasts on this.
0:53.1	We had Piper on last night. We wake up this morning. Michael, too, up kind enough to join us. Mike, happy holidays, man. Happy New Year. Hope it went well, you and your wife. And what to start to the new year for Illinois, not so much for Oregon. Yeah, no, I was just telling you, I was battling the elements last night, super under the weather. and I actually at one point I was just telling you I was battling the elements last night super under the weather and I
1:12.7	actually at one point I was like for the first time in probably five years should I just should I just
1:19.1	go to sleep and you know sleep it off and you know wake up tomorrow early and watch it and then you know
1:27.3	we can obviously do the pot and everything and And I'm like, no, I can't. Top 25 match up. Right. I can lay on the couch and fight through this. And damn it, I'm glad that I did. We're happy that you're powered through with us, man. We appreciate it. When did you guys finish recording last night? Oh, I think it was around... Was it 12 hours ago? No, no, it was not. One o'clock, so 10 hours ago. So two podcasts within 12 hours here. No, yeah, and then I got to bet at like 245 after doing some player grades and stuff like that.
2:01.3	But man, this is an awesome performance.
2:03.4	So let's get into it.
2:05.2	It was such a good win, 10977 at No. 9 Oregon.
2:09.4	I know we've rattled off the stats.
2:11.0	The biggest win ever for on the road against the top 10 opponent, the AP top 25 for Illinois.
2:17.1	The most points scored against a top 10 opponent in the AP top 25 for Illinois.
2:23.2	The most points scored against a high major opponent since 1990.
2:28.1	It was so good that they rose five spots in the net in one day, Mike.
2:29.7	They're also number eight in the Ken Pommer ratings.
2:32.0	What did the win show to you last night?
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