Can you feel it? Basketball season is coming. With incredibly lofty expectations, a relatively easy schedule, and a couple of badass hype videos – the sky is the limit for Illini basketball this year.
On today’s episode of The 200 Level, Carp combs through the newly-released schedule, new roster additions, and how strange this season may be.
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Same As It Ever Was (10/01/23) – The 200 Level with Mike Carpenter: A Fighting Illini Fan Podcast
Illinois football enters October with tons of questions after a 44-19 drubbing at the hands of Purdue. Mike Carpenter discusses how the loss to Ryan Walters' Boilermakers is damaging to the short-and-long-term prospects of Bret Bielema's program. With a 1-8 record in their last 9 Power 5 games, where is this thing headed in Year 3 and beyond?