Brad Underwood

Brad Underwood Will Be The Next Head Coach At Illinois

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Many Emotions Riding On Warm Reception Brad Underwood Figures To Receive At K-state

... where he mentioned the bar he helped elevate at K-State. “I’ve always said this about my time at Kansas State: It was special. I had a tremendous amount of what I call sweat equity and did that as a player,’ Underwood said. “So I had a tremendous amount of buy-in already. Then to go back as a coach and to get (K-State basketball) back where it belonged, and it belongs there, and to get a game from the Final Four and having success and packed houses, and to further strengthen friendships and make new friends — to me, that’s what it was about.’. The complete account of Underwood, 53, as a Division I head coach is not close to being authored. This run his Oklahoma State team is on will be tested in the Pokes’ last four games. Three are against Big 12 rivals OSU lost to earlier, including Kansas State in ...

Illinois Hires Brad Underwood As Men's Basketball Coach

... from the bench during the quarterfinal game of the Big 12 tournament against Iowa State on March 9, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. (Jamie Squire / Getty Images). Shannon Ryan Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune. Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman tweeted a photograph of himself standing next to new basketball coach Brad Underwood, both wearing Illini shirts and holding a sign that read "#We Will Win.". The hope among Illini fans after Saturday's hiring of Underwood from Oklahoma State is that they won't have to wait long for those victories. Underwood's tenure at Oklahoma State was unusually short — just one season — but it also provided evidence that he can orchestrate a quick turnaround. The Cowboys went from a 12-win team in 2015-16 to a 20-win team that advanced to the NCAA tournament this season with one of the nation's highest-scoring offenses. "In searching for a new coach, we were looking for a proven winner who would build upon our proud tradition while developing an unmistakable identity for Illinois basketball," Whitman said in a statement. "Brad's teams play a fast, aggressive style and show unyielding toughness.". The move ...

After Quiet Start, March Madness Gets Big Upset

... early in the week and didn't play against Kent State. Alford said he was close to playing in that game and should be ready to go against the Bearcats. -John Marshall reporting from Sacramento, California. 8:23 p.m. NCAA spokesman David Worlock released a statement Saturday saying that the officials missed a call with just under 5 minutes left in a second-round game between top-seeded Gonzaga and Northwestern. Gonzaga's Zach Collins put his arm through the rim to block a shot, which the NCAA says should have been called basket interference. Replays showed Collins violated the rule and that Northwestern should have been awarded the bucket. Three seconds later, Northwestern coach Chris Collins was given a technical foul for coming on to the floor to argue while the ball was in play. Gonzaga went on to win 79-73. 8:05 p.m. Butler is beating another opponent in the NCAA Tournament with a barrage of 3-pointers. The fourth-seeded ...

Brad Underwood, Oklahoma State Players Preview Michigan

... It means the world to me because, I mean, I’m trying to teach the freshmen that it’s not just about basketball in college. You’ve got to learn how to become a man. I feel like Coach Underwood did a good job predicating that to us and just helping me feel and Phil just try to get in those guys’ heads that regardless of what goes on, on and off the court, you’ve still got to wake up every day and be a man and live throughout your actions. So just trying to leave my legacy, being a good person on and off the court and just trying to be a man. Q. Phil, back to the other point. Is being an underdog kind of overlooked? Are you comfortable with that role. PHIL FORTE: We’ve been in that situation before, playing in the Big 12. We play a lot of good teams. So it’s not anything we’re really worried about. It’s more just us going out there and playing the game that we’re capable of playing and making ...

Bill Self, Brad Underwood Should Share Big 12 Coach Of The Year

... done for KU. Just don’t discount all of the buttons Underwood has pushed, all of the adjustments he has made. Don’t discount Self, something his peers might be doing considering they haven’t voted him Coach of the Year since he shared it with Hoiberg. Here are two coaches who would rather smother you with pressure than outgun you from the perimeter. Two coaches who, out of necessity, swallowed their pride and played to their strengths, Underwood by backing off his preferred man-to-man pressure for the sake of more team defense, and Self by attacking offensively out of a guard-to-guard weave to take advantage of Mason, Jackson and Graham’s freelancing. It has been so much fun to watch. It was a blast watching the Cowboys hang tough at Iowa State, same as they did two weeks ago against an OU team that couldn’t miss, or earlier this month as they shot 62 percent to win at No. 7 West Virginia. You beat top-10 teams on the road, particularly in February as you’re mounting ...

How Much Has Attendance Improved Since Brad Underwood Took Over

... though. In seven games, the Cowboys are 27 people per game short of 9,000 people coming in the doors. While these numbers are a vast improvement over last year’s numbers, they are in no way the best numbers in the 2010 s. This year’s numbers are comparable to the 2014-15 season. This year’s poor non-conference schedule led to about 800 less people per non-conference game, but success in the latter 2/3 of the Big 12 season has helped push the overall attendance to 50 more people coming per game, give or take. The conference attendance is slightly lower, but I expect the last two crowds to help push the season average attendance over 9,000. But out of the seven seasons in the 2010 s, Coach Underwood will only best the 2014-15 and 2015-16 season. The rest of the seasons hover in the 9,000-10,000 range in total attendance, non-conference attendance and conference attendance. If you are a numbers freak, here are the numbers breaking down the past seven seasons. So even though Brad Underwood has resurrected the program from how Ford left it, ...

Illinois Stuns By Taking Brad Underwood From Oklahoma State

... began last summer. Antigua went 23-55. In: Brian Gregory. Sources told CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish that South Florida athletic director Mark Harland viewed Gregory as a good candidate — after Akron’s Keith Dambrot reportedly passed on the job — because of his lengthy experience. Gregory has been a head coach for 13 years, previously at Dayton and Georgia Tech. South Florida’s previous attempt to hire a coach, three years ago, failed miserably. First, the school was set to hire Manhattan’s Steve Masiello, but inaccurate information on his resume (regarding having acquired a college degree) led the school to backtrack. Gregory took Dayton to the NCAA Tournament twice in his eight years there, then went o-fer in five seasons at Georgia Tech. He was fired in 2016. Gregory takes the job after working as a special assistant for Tom Izzo at Michigan State. Portland State Vikings. Out: The Vikings ended their relationship with Tyler ...

Brad Underwood, Like Baker Mayfield, Knows Bedlam Is Best With A Little Feisty Banter

... “I like having fun,” he told me a few moments later. “That’s who I am.”. That’s who we all should be. The best rivalries are the ones with the most give-and-take, both on the scoreboard and the bulletin board. It’s the spice of sports’ life. Underwood struck on both fronts after OSU defeated Arkansas on Jan. 28, two days before going to Norman, when he said Bedlam “hasn’t been much of a rivalry of late.” It was an honest assessment of a rivalry in need of balance — the Cowboys had dropped 17 of 24 in the series at the time, including seven in a row overall and 12 straight in Norman — and it got our attention. Forty-eight hours later, the Pokes played as if it got theirs. Effort, mostly on the boards, carried the night and they won despite shooting 33 percent. It was a Bedlam basketball breakthrough. OSU evened out the series, and ...

Brad Underwood Okay With Outside Approach

... of the game. “Josh hit a big shot from the corner, that we talked about we were willing to give up,” Underwood said. “A 23 percent 3-point shooter in his last five. Jumps up and does what a lottery pick does and makes it.”. Up Next: Big 12 Tournament. The Cowboys open play in the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday, taking on No. 24 Iowa State. Tip time at the Sprint Center is 11:30 a.m. Oklahoma State is the No. 5 seed, which comes with a a first-day bye. The Cyclones are the No. 4 seed. Iowa State swept the regular season series, though both were one-possession games late. The Cyclones pulled away at the finish to win 96-86 in Stillwater on Jan. 11, then held on for an 86-83 win in Ames last week. Kansas coach Bill Self on Eddie Sutton, the legendary OSU coach who watched the game courtside and received a post-game greeting from Self, who coached on Sutton's first three OSU staffs (1990-93). “I've had a chance to coach for three Hall of Fame coaches, in my opinion. And nobody did it better than what Coach Sutton did, as far as tying everything together — family atmosphere, recruiting, being a representative and ambassador for the school, and also being a great coach ...