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"Werner: Five takeaways from Illini's 92-65 exhibition win over Illinois State"  
[News Link](https://247sports.com/college/illinois/longformarticle/illinois-fighting-illini-basketball-five-takeaways-illinois-state-exhibition-win-257781406/) [@247Sports](/creator/x/247Sports) 2025-10-20T04:06Z 208.1M followers, 6444 engagements


"Illini Inquirer Podcast Ep. 1049 Takeaways from Illini basketball media day"  
[News Link](https://247sports.com/college/illinois/article/illini-inquirer-podcast-takeaways-from-illini-basketball-media-day-255234353/) [@247Sports](/creator/x/247Sports) 2025-10-03T18:48Z 208.1M followers, 3946 engagements


"Five takeaways from Brad Underwood's media day presser: Impediment to chemistry; Tweaks to defense & offense"  
[News Link](https://247sports.com/college/illinois/longformarticle/illinois-fighting-illini-basketball-brad-underwood-press-conference-media-day-takeaways-255182940/) [@247Sports](/creator/x/247Sports) 2025-10-03T11:19Z 208.1M followers, 10.1K engagements


"Illini Inquirer Podcast Kyle Tausk on Illini hoops fall practices; Howard Milton on $XXX million gift"  
[News Link](https://247sports.com/college/illinois/article/illinois-fighting-illini-basketball-practices-recruiting-kyle-tausk-howard-milton-larry-gies-100-million-gift-254148584/) [@247Sports](/creator/x/247Sports) 2025-09-17T16:53Z 208.1M followers, 36.8K engagements