Inside Illini Basketball
College basketball beat writer and AP voter Scott Richey weighs in on the sports he loves.
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| 10/3/22 |  Episode 217 | What's the ceiling — the best case scenario — for Illinois this season? For the individual players that will drive whatever success the Illini have? Beat writer Scott Richey starts to break that down and discusses new commit Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn… | 33m 48s | ||||||
| 9/26/22 |  Episode 216: Best of the Big Ten? | College basketball practices started Monday across the country (and in Champaign). Beat writer Scott Richey has preseason polls and All-Big Ten teams to submit. It's the latter that's giving him trouble, and he discusses that and more in this week's… | 25m 40s | ||||||
| 9/19/22 |  Episode 215: Let the countdown begin | Practice starts next week. Preseason polls will drop in early October. College basketball is back, and beat writer Scott Richey discusses it all in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. | 32m 58s | ||||||
| 9/12/22 |  Episode 214: Man down | Beat writer Scott Richey breaks down Zacharie Perrin not joining Illinois this season, the Big Ten schedule (finally) and the near completion of Ubben Basketball Complex in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. | 31m 12s | ||||||
| 8/29/22 |  Episode 213: Got their guy | Illinois finally struck in the Class of 2023, landing a commitment from four-star forward Amani Hansberry. Beat writer Scott Richey breaks down Hansberry's additions and laments there's still no Big Ten schedule in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. | 32m 52s | ||||||
| 8/22/22 |  Episode 212: It's always basketball season | The college football season might start this week, but it's never not time to talk college hoops. In this week's Inside Illini Basketball that means beat writer Scott Richey weighing in on assistant coach Tim Anderson, recruiting and more. | 24m 41s | ||||||
| 8/16/22 |  Episode 211: The waiting game | The start of the 2022-23 college basketball season isn't all that far away, with official practices roughly a month-plus away. There's plenty to discuss in the interim, with beat writer Scott Richey discussing preseason rankings and recruiting in this week's… | 32m 41s | ||||||
| 8/8/22 |  Episode 210: The only true offseason | The Illinois basketball team — players and coaches — has scattered for the last break in the schedule before the new school year starts. So beat writer Scott Richey was on the hot seat, answering plenty of hoops questions in… | 34m 38s | ||||||
| 8/1/22 |  Episode 209: Wrapping up the summer | The 2022-23 schedule is out! Well, at least the nonconference portion. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses the ins and outs of a ho hum home slate, FIBA hoops in Turkey and recruiting (always) in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. | 32m 23s | ||||||
| 7/25/22 |  Episode 208: The real MVP? | Tim Anderson was hired a year ago ... and what a year it's been for the Illinois assistant coach, who led the recruitment on multiple key additions for the 2022-23 season. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses Anderson's impact, recruiting (always)… | 29m 25s | ||||||
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| 7/18/22 |  Episode 207: Summer storylines | College basketball might never stop, but it can slow down a bit in the summer months. But there's still former Illinois standouts in the NBA Summer League, summer workouts on campus and recruiting. Always recruiting. Beat writer Scott Richey is… | 31m 19s | ||||||
| 7/4/22 |  Episode 206: Finally settled | The addition of French forward Zacharie Perrin should finalize the 2022-23 Illinois roster after some major retooling by Brad Underwood this offseason. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses that, new addition to the Big Ten and recruiting in this week's Inside… | 28m 22s | ||||||
| 6/27/22 |  Episode 205: So you're saying there's a chance? | What will it take for Kofi Cockburn to make an NBA roster? Has the Big Ten/ACC Challenge gotten stale? Who are new names on Illinois' recruiting board? Beat writer Scott Richey tackles all of this in this week's Inside Illini… | 33m 39s | ||||||
| 6/20/22 |  Episode 204: Lights, camera, Illini! | Coleman Hawkins as an actor. Emoni Bates still in the transfer portal. Never-ending recruiting. It's summer, but there's still plenty to talk about. Beat writer Scott Richey covers it all in this week's episode of Inside Illini Basketball. | 33m 12s | ||||||
| 6/13/22 |  Episode 203: Ode to Ty Rodgers | The way Ty Rodgers played for gold medal-winning Team USA in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship didn't change how beat writer Scott Richey viewed the Illinois freshman. It just reinforced how impactful Rodgers might be in 2022-23. That and more… | 33m 30s | ||||||
| 6/6/22 |  Episode 202: New-look Illini coming together | Beat writer Scott Richey is back in the podcast booth with plenty to discuss from the increasingly new-look Illinois roster to Ty Rodgers' USA Basketball opportunity to the transfer portal and recruiting. That and more in this week's Inside Illini… | 31m 32s | ||||||
| 5/23/22 |  Episode 201: Kofi and the Combine | Kofi Cockburn had a good week at the NBA Draft Combine. A good enough week to better his draft chances? That's to be determined. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses that, the ever-changing Big Ten and more in this week's Inside… | 30m 02s | ||||||
| 5/16/22 |  Episode 200: Underwood's return | Brad Underwood makes his second appearance on the podcast as Inside Illini Basketball reaches 200 episodes. The discussion with the Illini coach hits on the team's impressive freshman class and all the changes in college basketball since his last appearance… | 34m 31s | ||||||
| 5/9/22 |  Episode 199: Offseason slow down? | Now that Terrence Shannon Jr. is on board could May be a slower month for Illinois basketball? Beat writer Scott Richey says probably not in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. There's still scholarships to fill, a roster to complete and… | 34m 29s | ||||||
| 5/2/22 |  Episode 198: Boss move | Award-winning News-Gazette Editor Jeff D'Alessio, who back in the day covered the Illini under Lon Kruger, weighs in on the current, crazed state of college basketball - from the changing look of press row to rosters gone wild | 36m 28s | ||||||
| 4/25/22 |  Episode 197: Post-Kofi world | It's a simple statement of fact. Illinois without Kofi Cockburn is going to look much different in 2022-23. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses that, recruiting, the transfer portal and more in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. | 38m 42s | ||||||
| 4/18/22 |  Episode 196: One Clark is good, two Clarks is better | Some breaking news to start off this week's Inside Illini Basketball, with beat writer Scott Richey discussing the commitment of 2024 guard ZZ Clark less than a week after his older brother, Skyy, signed with the Illini. Recruiting, as they… | 32m 09s | ||||||
| 4/11/22 |  Episode 195: April showers bring ... roster makeovers | Illinois added to its roster last week with the commitment of four/five-star guard Skyy Clark. That doesn't mean Brad Underwood and Co. are done remaking the team for 2022-23. Count on the rest of April being just as important in… | 34m 57s | ||||||
| 4/4/22 |  Episode 194: Busy offseason continues | Little will be settled about college basketball in the next month or three — Illinois included. That doesn't mean there's nothing to talk about. Far from it. Beat writer Scott Richey dives into the latest offseason happenings in this week's… | 34m 44s | ||||||
| 3/28/22 |  Episode 193: Transfer talk | Has an Illinois basketball player entered the transfer portal? Not yet. Will one or more? Perhaps. Are the Illini coaches already perusing the portal for new options? You bet. Beat writer Scott Richey breaks it down in this week's Inside… | 33m 21s | ||||||
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Chart history for Inside Illini Basketball
Peaked at #166 in HK, currently #166 in HK.
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| HK | — | #166 | #166 | — |
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1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.