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Illinois head coach Brad Underwood has had a strong past couple of months on the recruiting front, but no matter whether your ...
Illini head coach Brad Underwood recently met with the media and gave updates on his basketball programDown three players -- ...
Current 2026 target Jasiah Jervis attends Archbishop Stepinac, as did former Illini Alan Griffin. And just like Jervis and Griffin, Rivera is also a gifted long-distance sniper. In fact, Rivera may ...
CHAMPAIGN — Almost every season, Brad Underwood seems to take something from opponents who give him fits.. After a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Houston in 2022, the Illinois head coach ...
Brad Underwood’s first head coaching job was leading the cross-country program at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Instruction amounted to “run as fast as you can from here to ...
NEW YORK — Brad Underwood had a plan. Well, at least an idea for a plan. “Life after Kofi,” he called it, and it was essentially the blueprint for how Illinois basketball would play after ...
Illinois coach Brad Underwood is well-aware of what can happen when fans race toward the basketball court after a big win, but he hopes to see some safety measures put in place.
— Brad Underwood (@CoachUnderwood) March 24, 2024. After losing at Tennessee on Dec. 9, Underwood met that night with former Villanova coach Jay Wright, who had called the game for CBS.
Illinois coach Brad Underwood and Illini players Coleman Hawkins, Ty Rodgers, Marcus Domask and Quincy Guerrier represented No. 3 seed Illinois at Friday's NCAA Tournament press conference to ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It was the wheat dust in Kansas that always bushwhacked Brad Underwood’s sinuses. In South Carolina, another stop on his personal coaching track, it was the pollen from the ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Another Monday evening brings Brad Underwood to Papa Del’s Pizza Factory and the stool located a couple hard lefts inside the front door. Awaiting him are a glass of ice ...
Brad Underwood did this recently. Unflinching, he told Cockburn he’s a coward because when the game is on the line, his nerves turn to pudding on the free-throw stripe.