Welcome in to the line inquire podcast. It's time to catch up with Michael to a

our line inquire basketball analyst here. We got plenty to catch up about. We got a final four set of all one seeds. Mike was in Indianapolis for the regional final there. And boy, Houston looked pretty dang good. And that one, setting up a matchup with Duke. You got Florida Auburn on the other end of it. Here we go. We also got some new coaches in the Big Ten and the new opening in the Big Ten with Maryland opened up.

And of course, we got so much to talk about with the transfer portal and a couple big exits for Illinois.

We also got a season to recap, Mike, because we haven't talked to you since the Illinois season wrapped up.

So how are you, man, after throwing all of that at you?

Ah, good. This is when the mayhem starts. It's, you know, March Madness, they talk about it in

regards to the tournament, of course, but the portal and the carousel are right there for the

madness. And it's started for everybody, but it's started for Illinois as well.

That's for sure.

Brad Underwood and his staff have a lot of work to do. They got some guys on campus. We'll talk to you about Josh Dix and Peyton Sanford here. Some other guys that are out there. We'll talk about Marez Johnson Jr. Surprise leaving and Trey White leaving as well. But I do want to kind of get your thoughts, Mike, is we kind of put a bow on this 24-25 season, 22 and 13 for Illinois.

Round 1. I do want to kind of get your thoughts, Mike, as we kind of put a bow on this 24-25 season,

22 and 13 for Illinois, round of 32.

They lose to Kentucky in a game that, you know, kind of got punch in the face right

away.

Kind of came back with Kyle and Boswell leading the charge.

Thomasovievich, I thought, played pretty well.

But your youth really showed up in that performance. But as we look back on the charge, Thomas Savivisich, I thought, played pretty well, but your youth really showed up

in that performance. But as we look back on the season, what went well for Illinois this season?

I think you showed you can turn over a roster and keep a tournament caliber team or create a tournament

caliber team like they have the last few years.

Yeah, I think you show that you can bring in and feature young one and done NBA prospects,

which is great. I think, you know, the success that you had with Will and with Tommy and with KJ, I think

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