Illinois basketball added a mark of national recognition this week, as coach Brad Underwood was ranked No. 4 in On3’s list of ...

Is Illinois struggling to recruit high-level talent? Are Brad Underwood and his staff capable of recruiting only ...

Newest basketball assistant had no prior relationship with Illini coach Brad Underwood before being hired in May ...

Illinois men’s basketball doubled its 2026 recruiting class on Wednesday. Landon Davis, from Waukee, Iowa, announced a ...

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 ...

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.

Illinois coach Brad Underwood reacts on the bench during a game against Minnesota on Feb. 28, 2024, in Champaign. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ...

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.

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 ...

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.