{"podcast":{"title":"Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast","slug":"illini-inquirer-podcast-an-illinois-fighting-illini-athletics-podcast-1047532","podcast_index_feed_id":1047532,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/illiniinquirerpodcast","website_url":"https://247sports.com/college/illinois/","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8382536.jpg","author":"247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C","episode_count":1237,"summary":"Illini Inquirer staff members Jeremy Werner, Joey Wagner, Kyle Tausk, Mike LaTulip, J Leman and many others discuss all things Illinois Fighting Illini athletics.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T16:19:35.162168+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/illini-inquirer-podcast-an-illinois-fighting-illini-athletics-podcast-1047532"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 1224 - Illini MBB's B1G schedule drops; Huge recruiting weekend ahead","slug":"ep-1224-illini-mbb-s-b1g-schedule-drops-huge-recruiting-weekend-ahead","published_at":"2026-09-17T00:28:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/illini-inquirer-podcast-an-illinois-fighting-illini-athletics-podcast-1047532/ep-1224-illini-mbb-s-b1g-schedule-drops-huge-recruiting-weekend-ahead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/illini-inquirer-podcast-an-illinois-fighting-illini-athletics-podcast-1047532","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8610851/8610851_2026-08-24-170251.192.mp3?rssID=6019","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8610851/8610851_2026-08-24-170251.192.mp3?rssID=6019","summary":"Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 2026-27 Big Ten schedule drop and preview a huge recruiting weekend full of five-star prospects. The guys discuss the setup of the schedule and what it means for the team. Then the guys discuss a star-studded visitor list for the weekend of four Composite five-star prospects: 2027 prospects Darius Wabbington and Moussa Kamissoko and 2028 prospects Bentley Lusakueno and Dylan Betts. Follow the Illini Inquirer Podcast on: Apple:  https://apple.co/3oMt0NP Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/2Xan2L8   Other:  https://bit.ly/36gn7Ct   Go VIP for 50% OFF:  https://tinyurl.com/2fkhmjdz (0:00) - Intro (2:53) - Breaking down the tough and soft spots of schedule (8:55) - Advantage of two-plays (12:25) - Home weekend schedule (15:24) - Kyle's most anticipated B1G road trip (16:40) - B1G game of the season (20:05) - Over/under wins (28:43) - Previewing a huge recruiting weekend for Illini (36:08) - Darius Wabbington (41:36) - Dylan Betts (43:15) - Bentley Lusakueno (46:30) - Moussa Kamissoko","meta_description":"Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 2026-27 Big Ten schedule drop and preview a huge recruiting weekend full of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/illini-inquirer-podcast-an-illinois-fighting-illini-athletics-podcast-1047532/episodes/ep-1224-illini-mbb-s-b1g-schedule-drops-huge-recruiting-weekend-ahead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/illini-inquirer-podcast-an-illinois-fighting-illini-athletics-podcast-1047532/ep-1224-illini-mbb-s-b1g-schedule-drops-huge-recruiting-weekend-ahead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}