Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner chats with former Illinois basketball player Mike LaTulip about Illinois' short-handed season-opening win. LaTulip discusses what is to be taken away from a game without the Illini's three best players (Kofi Cockburn, Andre Curbelo and Trent Frazier) and another key scoring option (Austin Hutcherson). He breaks down positive games from Jacob Grandison, Coleman Hawkins, Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk and Luke Goode and discusses what he's seen from the transfers, Omar Payne and Alfonso Plummer, so far. Then he looks ahead to a bigger test on Friday against Arkansas State.

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