Brad Underwood's charges picked up two wins on the weekend, but what can they tell us about how good the team really is?
Posts by Chris D. Davies:
The dawning of the age of Underwood
Chris previews the Illinois Men's Basketball team as new head coach Brad Underwood begins his tenure.
NIT preview: Illinois at UCF
#2 Illinois at #4 UCF 6 pm TV: ESPN It would be a lot cooler to be writing about #2 Illinois at #1 Illinois State today, but the Redbirds blew a 13-point halftime lead and UCF …
NIT preview: Illinois vs. Boise State
#2 Illinois vs. #6 Boise State 8 pm TV: ESPN Josh Whitman may have hit the hard reset button on Illini basketball over the weekend by hiring Brad Underwood as the new head coach, but …
Illini wrangle Underwood from Cowboys
Josh Whitman wasted little time getting his man for Illinois basketball, it just wasn't one of the men many expected.
John Gone: Ideas for the next Illini coach
John Groce was fired Saturday in an unsurprising move. Chris breaks down a few candidates he think would be excellent replacements.
Big Ten Tourney Preview: Michigan
#9 Illinois vs. #8 Michigan 11 am TV: Big Ten Network If you’ve made it this far with Illini basketball this year, you know what’s up. But more importantly, congrats, it’s not been easy to …
Illini basketball preview: Rutgers
Illinois at Rutgers 11 am TV: ESPNU Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way now: Rutgers is a trash basketball team and the program was only added to the Big Ten …
Valleys and Hill
Illinois not having a chance to reach the Big Dance? Fake news. Malcolm Hill won't go down easy.
Illini basketball preview: Michigan State
Illinois vs. Michigan State 8 pm TV: Big Ten Network If you blinked at the beginning of February, you might not have noticed that Illinois went from a god-awful-heap-of-garbage basketball team to a maybe-they-can-do-the-damn-thing basketball …