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Isaac Trotter discusses the significance of four key players returning to Illinois basketball for the upcoming season.

CBS Sports college basketball writer Isaac Trotter joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to talk about four key Illinois basketball players annoncing their returns to Illinois basketball for the 2026-27 season: David Mirkovic, Tomislav Ivisic, Zvonimir Ivisic and Jake Davis. The guys discuss what it means for the program, how they all can improve and what's next, including the latest on Andrej Stojakovic and John Blackwell. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Gameday Spirit: Get 15% off your next purchase with them online at ⁠gamedayspirit.com⁠ when you use the code "Illini15" at checkout. Columbia Street Roastery: Head to ⁠⁠CSRcoffee.com⁠ and use code IlliniAllTheWay to get 10 percent off your first order and get free shipping on orders of over $45. Follow the Illini Inquirer Podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3oMt0NP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Xan2L8 Other: https://bit.ly/36gn7Ct Go VIP for just 60% OFF: https://tinyurl.com/2fkhmjdz To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Werner

Guest: Isaac Trotter

Topics covered

• Illinois basketball
• Final Four
• player returns
• college basketball
• program development

Keywords

• Illinois Fighting Illini
• basketball
• Final Four
• player improvement
• college sports

Sponsors

Gameday Spirit, Columbia Street Roastery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS Sports

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