Inside the Arc

Alec and Brandon are joined by former Illini point guard Stephen Bardo to discuss his Illinois career, the Flyin' Illini and where this Illinois team stands right now after three straight Big Ten wins. 

Alec and Brandon preview Illinois' game against Iowa on Friday night with Sean Bock of 247Sports and Hawkeye Insider. 

Brandon and Alec talk about the problems that Illinois is having over their back-to-back losses to Maryland and Ohio State at State Farm Center. 

Alec and Brandon are joined by former Ohio State Buckeye Joey Lane to preview the Ohio State at Illinois matchup on Saturday. Joey gives the answer to Belleville, Illinois, native EJ Liddell being a Buckeye, explains his special relationship with Ohio State Head Coach Chris Holtmann and tells a funny story about the time he was cut from a basketball team by Doug Gottlieb. 

Brandon is back with Alec on Ep. 15 and the guys are joined by Illinois' all-time leader in points scored Deon Thomas. Thomas is the host of the Champaign on Ice podcast, color commentator for Illini basketball games with Learfield Sports and is an associate director of development in the Illinois athletic department. Deon shares stories of his playing days in an Illini uniform and also breakdown what he is seeing from this Illinois team. 

Alec is joined by former Illini and current TBT House of Paign Head Coach Mike LaTulip to breakdown Illinois' 66-63 loss to Maryland on Sunday. 

Alec and Brandon are joined by two of Maryland's beat writers to preview the Illinois vs. Maryland game. Before the preview, Alec and Sim rerank the top-7 teams in the Big Ten after close a month of conference play. 

Alec and Sim are joined by Gavin Good of the Peoria Journal-Star and Illini Inquirer to breakdown Illinois' 98-81 win at Penn State. 

Alec and Sim breakdown Rutgers 91-88 upset of No. 13 Illinois on Sunday. 

Alec and Brandon are joined by former Illini guard Drew Cayce to hear some funny Brad Underwood stories and when he knew that the Underwood tenure started to click.