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

A four-star recruit, Dioum is listed as the No. 140 prospect in the class of 2026 and the 10th-best player in the state of Arizona, according to 247Sports. Dioum has a solid face-up midrange jumper, ...

The USC Trojans aren't through compiling their 2026 class on the hardwood. Eric Musselman and company are now prioritizing ...

Kofi Cockburn, thus far, has been an anomaly when it comes to the big men who have played at Illinois in the Brad Underwood era. The two-time All-American was a dominant, physical force. A traditional ...

Brad Underwood put in his time — 26 years at mostly small programs — before landing his 1st college head coaching job. Now he has Illinois poised for a long NCAA Tournament run ...

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 ...

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 (@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.

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. — 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 — Coleman Hawkins committed to Illinois in September 2019 before the Illini really won anything under Brad Underwood. At that point, Illinois had gone 26-39 (11-27 Big Ten) during ...