My husband and I attended the WDWS radio show at the Esquire on Monday night where Coach Underwood was the guest. It was obvious that he has lots of respect for Self, saying he’s a HOF coach, has probably the best point guard in the nation, and that his players are all “dudes.” He also said that he really likes this Illini team. As it said in the above NG article, the team has had 14 practices thus far, and every practice was good. At Monday’s practice, Amani and Dravyn stood out and dominated, which gives him a nice problem. Lots more was said, most of which is in the above article by Ritchey. It was a great show, and we were lucky enough to get to go to our first one where Underwood ended up being the guest. Brad is extremely witty and candid, and he really made it fun with his dry sense of humor. Loren Tate was there, and they obviously have a great relationship. When Loren had a question, Brad said quickly before he could ask, “I’m not going to tell you who I’m starting.” Loren retorted, “I’m not going to ask who you’re starting. I want to know with ten minutes left to go in the Kansas game, who is in there?” Brad answered, “I’m not going to tell you. The players will let me know who is going to be in there.”