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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 956 - Brad Evans on Illini's NCAA seeding ceiling & floor

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C

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4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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TheGamingJuice.com bracketologist Brad Evans joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to discuss Illinois basketball's rollercoaster season, their Friday matchup against Purdue, their NCAA Tournament ceiling, the Big Ten bubble teams, the Big Ten's best shot at a Final Four run and the rest of the field.

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Music Today on the online choir podcast, I hope you're ready for the noise because Brad Evans brings it. Brad Evans, our boy, a Mohammed native, University of Illinois graduate.

0:52.6

He's our bracket expert at the gaming juice.com.

0:56.0

I chat with him about Illinois basketball.

0:58.0

What he thinks Friday's matchup against Purdue,

1:00.0

that has huge NCAA tournament seating implications

1:04.0

and Big Ten tournament seating implications, by the way,

1:07.0

as Illinois tries to set up a higher seed in the NCAA tournament,

1:10.0

better path for a Big Ten tournament run and a higher seed in the NCAA tournament, better path for a

1:11.4

Big Ten tournament run and a better path for an NCAA tournament run.

1:15.0

So we talk everything O'Inais basketball with Brad Evans, who is a passionate O'Inai fan,

1:20.4

but also just really knows his stuff when it comes to the NCAA tournament bracket.

1:24.8

And he breaks down in line at his resume their ceiling

1:27.8

their four for their NCAA tournament seating then we talk about the rest of

1:31.2

the Big Ten the bubble teams the teams that can actually make a extended run in

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