Brad Underwood Named Illini Basketball Coach

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Smacko

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coachcouch said:
Lets just hope Bruce Weber can hold on to his job or we might be like OSU in the future. Good hire none the less.
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He left OSU in large part because of his relationship with the AD. If he and Josh maintain a good relationship and we are winning games it would be a bit odd to jump to KSU which would be a lateral move at best.
 
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FeelTheLovie

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This recruiting class, especially with smith, will do things we haven't seen here in a longggg time in this system. Let's hope the Walker rumor is true and he's staying.
 
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Trakis

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Oh my god let's get Smith on board. I'll freak out.

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Orange

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Let's all take a moment to remember that almost nothing worthwhile was discussed over the last 5,000 posts of the IL Coaching Search thread. Sad!
 
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Smacko

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Trakis said:
Oh my god let's get Smith on board. I'll freak out.

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Smith does want to play an uptempo style...and it doesn't get much more uptempo than this!
 
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Xfactr

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A great Hire! Good Job JW!
 

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redwingillini11

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RenoGray10 said:
So I heard something in the past 90 minutes that I can't tell if I was being pranked or not. I was told that JW's top target is a very very successful P5 coach who's name I haven't seen (nor would have ever thought of being "available") listed as a potential hire.

I won't say who because I refuse to believe it's true.
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Idk if Reno was talking about Underwood, but if I were him I would take credit for this. Maybe "very very successful" is a stretch, but this kinda seems to clearly fit Underwood. It also makes sense if Underwood has been Groce's guy all along, which he probably was.
 
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Andy Kaufman said:
Didn't see this one coming with all the other smoke screens out there. Good hire in my opinion. I like his offense and he has had success everywhere he has coached. JW did his homework and brought in a good coach who will lead the Illini back from the wasteland. I also saw that Demonte Williams is still committed, Trent Frasier tweeted a photo in an Illini jersey. Tillman and Pickett are still quiet on their intentions. However, no player is bigger than the Illinois basketball program.
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Those questioning may want to get (back) on the train... its departing.
 
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BZuppke

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We have a great AD until he eventually takes over for Uncle Jim. This is a great hire.
 
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Wowza! Understand that Underwood.....is to offensive X and O basketball, as Tony Bennett is to shutdown defense. And I would rather have Underwood vs. Tony Bennett based on how entertaining his teams are. He will be a solid leader who will recruit to his system and he will WIN a lot of basketball games. Basketball will be fun again at the State Farm Center and great assistant coaches should be clamoring to be a part of this and learn his offensive system. Walker, Tilmon, Frazier, etc. would be crazy to jump ship now. Great work JW! Home run!
 
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StateFarmCenter

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He's got the most conference wins in 3 years in the history of college basketball during his tenure at SFA.

Our last hire went 34-30 in the MAC.
 
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