Former Illini coach Bill Self, now at Kansas, received rare commendation in a recent analysis of college basketball coaches ...

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 basketball announced that they are heading to Nashville. Here, the Illini are set to take on the Tennessee ...

With his size, frame and agility, Ponder seems to dunk everything. Not surprisingly, he has drawn many comparisons to NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. A class of 2026 prospect, Ponder is the No. 84 ...

Illinois men’s basketball could get an impact from four freshmen in the 2025-26 season. Two of those youngsters are already on campus, while two others are yet to join the team. International commits ...

The figure drawing Underwood’s attention, along with that of a handful of other high-major coaches, is Arafan Diane, a 7-foot-1 center from Iowa in the class of 2026.

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 — 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...