Underwood is referring to Kasparas Jakucionis, who fouled out in just nine minutes. ‘Truthfully I thought the game was the free throw line. You can’t go on the road and miss ten free throws.’ ‘…A team that I thought guarded exceptionally well… they took our three-ball away.’

Illinois head coach Brad Underwood wasn't pleased with the officials during his loss to Michigan State on Sunday.

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood was less than thrilled with the officiating crew during Sunday's loss to Michigan State.

Underwood thought at least one foul call Sunday was egregious, but he wouldn't hang the Illini's loss on the officials

If you paid good money for tickets at the Breslin Center or pay a hefty television bill that includes CBS, chances are you felt robbed of your money after watching Illinois’ 80-78 loss to Michigan State.

If an aspiring college basketball player wants to play under Brad Underwood's leadership, it's as straightforward as possible.

No. 13 Illinois looked out of sorts pretty much from the opening tip of Saturday's game in Champaign, where USC pulled off an 82-72 upset and didn't so much mak