Illini head coach Brad Underwood recently met with the media and gave updates on his basketball programDown three players -- ...

Illinois head men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood spoke with reporters in Savoy on Monday. Underwood was in attendance for the charity golf outing, put on by a former Illinois basketball player.

Illinois men’s basketball added Camryn Crocker to its staff in May and tasked the former Stanford and Colgate assistant with ...

CHAMPAIGN — When No. 17 Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood considered how “bullish” he is on his team Sunday at State Farm Center, he didn’t play down his expectations.

— 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.

Anyone with eyes and ears could have seen it coming from the second Underwood sat down in his postgame press conference following last Saturday’s all-too-close home loss against then-No. 11 Arizona.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

Underwood, sulking and stewing over the defeat, didn’t answer. (“Very poor loser,” he admits.) His agent then contacted Underwood’s wife, Susan, to get his client’s attention.