Ep. 931 - Illini suffer frustrating 80-78 loss at Michigan State
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper joins Jeremy Werner live from East Lansing to react to an 80-78 Illinois basketball loss at No. 12 Michigan State. The guys discuss how big of an impact officials made on the game with Kasparas Jakucionis fouling out in just nine minutes and also discuss other reasons for the Illini's struggles. The guys then discuss the stretch ahead and if there's any way Illinois can get back in the Big Ten title hunt.
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| 0:45.5 | It is Jeremy Warner and Derek Piper joining me live from East Atlanta, Michigan, |
| 0:50.4 | where a frustrating loss for Illinois, 80 to 78, and Illinois missed free throws. |
| 0:57.0 | They went five for 24 from the three point line, 17 of 2017 from the free throw line, |
| 1:02.3 | out of sorts offensively, gave up a lot of offensive rebounds in the second half. |
| 1:06.5 | But as much as it is the bane of my existence to talk about officiating and the impact on game, |
| 1:11.9 | how can we not the story of this game is Casper Seacoshone is playing only nine minutes as he follows out. |
| 1:18.3 | With three follows that I think were highly, highly questionable. |
| 1:22.7 | Late whistle on the first, it looked like a follow. |
| 1:24.5 | Touched follow in his second. |
| 1:26.0 | Aiken stepped on KJ's foot, tripped for a third follow. KJ got pushed to the ground, called for tripping on the first. It looked like a foul. Touched file in his second. Aiken stepped on KJ's foot, tripped for a third file. |
| 1:28.5 | KJ got pushed to the ground, call for tripping, and the offending MSU player pushed him down. And then the fifth one was at least legit. But Derek, what was the mood there? What did I know what would have to say? And how do you think that impacted the game, the officiating to that? It impacted it in a major way, obviously. |
| 1:44.3 | We're talking |
| 1:44.8 | about a potential first team all big 10 type of guy who's put up those numbers and Bradson, |
| 1:50.6 | maybe one of the best points of cards in the country, which no one is really arguing when you look |
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