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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 965 - Illini down Xavier 86-73, play Kentucky in Round of 32

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

🗓️ 22 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's 86-73 win over Xavier. The guys discuss big games from first-year players Will Riley, Tomislav Ivisic and Kasparas Jakucionis and a dominant two-way game by Kylan Boswell. Then the guys look ahead to Sunday's Round of 32 game against Kentucky.


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0:44.4

It is now Saturday morning.

0:46.5

So welcome in.

0:47.1

It's after midnight here at FISA Forum in Milwaukee, where that's the Illinois we've

0:52.9

been waiting for.

0:54.0

And we've seen a little bit here late in the season

0:56.0

and this is the team brad underwood thought he built as they take care of business 86 73 win over

1:02.2

Xavier in their first round NCAA tournament game for the fourth time in the last five years Illinois gets to the round of 32

1:08.4

setting up a Sunday evening matchup against number 3C, Kentucky.

1:13.5

But Derek, there was a lot to like about this one.

1:16.2

So we're going to do, I'll give the shout out, the Hogan Johns thing of likes and dislikes after a win.

1:21.6

Not a lot to dislike about this one, Derek.

1:24.4

Just initial thoughts about this, because this is the high ceiling team Brad

1:28.9

has talked about. This was the version of Illinois that everyone gets excited about that does have

1:35.1

the ability to make a run in March. Absolutely. And a lot of lot of fans in the building to

1:41.9

see that show, to see what the vision was for

1:45.1

Brown Underwood and its company going into this year. And to have different guys just have

1:49.5

moments within a game of kind of taking over. I mean, KJ in the first half, had a really good

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