The Champaign Room · Jun 4, 2023
Brad Underwood rebuilt Illinois’ roster. Will it work?
Greetings and salutations, Illinois Land!
It’s been a minute since I’ve graced the pages of The Champaign Room. At that time, Brad Underwood had just finished losing another NCAA Tournament game, this time to Arkansas. That particular game was a nearly perfect carbon copy of several previous contests in the 2022-23 season.
Dull. Uninspired. Sloppy. Apathetic.
At the post-game press conference, Underwood made a joke about sophomore guard RJ Melendez, to which Underwood felt the need to verbally clarify “it was meant to be funny, RJ.”