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Brad Underwood

Head coach at Illinois logoIllinois
ConferencesBig 10Big 12Southland
March Madness resumeswipe to scroll · tap a game
25-26
24-25
23-24
22-23
21-22
20-21
16-17
15-16
14-15
13-14
Career W-L
302-137
18th most wins in our era
439 games
Win %
68.8%
32nd of 618 with 3+ seasons
23.2 wins / season
Composite Rank
#12
of 804 coaches
166.3 score · 13 seasons · 3 programs
20+ win seasons
11
Program breakdown

By the school

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordWin %
Illinois logo17-18 –present9193-11063.7%
Oklahoma St. logo16-17 –16-17120-1360.6%
Stephen F. Austin logo13-14 –15-16389-1486.4%
Full record

Season by season

13 seasons
25-26Illinois logo3F4Big 1028-9#733.999131.810097.995NCAA Final Four
24-25Illinois logo6Big 1022-13#1524.095122.59698.589NCAA Second Round
23-24Illinois logo3Big 1029-9#1124.698125.799101.175NCAA Elite Eight
22-23Illinois logo9Big 1020-13#3713.586108.97595.491NCAA First Round
21-22Illinois logo4Big 1023-10#2119.095111.99393.093Reg. season champNCAA Second Round
20-21Illinois logo1Big 1024-7#426.399116.99890.697NCAA Second Round
19-20Illinois logoBig 1021-10#2517.192110.99093.890—
18-19Illinois logoBig 1012-21#8310.181110.583100.473—
17-18Illinois logoBig 1014-18#729.077111.082102.066—
16-17Oklahoma St. logo10Big 1220-13#2324.096127.4100103.458NCAA First Round
15-16Stephen F. Austin logo14Southland28-6#3314.087111.08097.090Reg. season champNCAA Second Round
14-15Stephen F. Austin logo12Southland29-5#3012.585113.190100.669Reg. season champNCAA Second Round
13-14Stephen F. Austin logo12Southland32-3#4010.580112.786102.268Reg. season champNCAA Second Round
Tournament success
10 appearances

March Madness

Appearances
10
NCAA Tournament
Tournament record
13-10
21st of 294 in tourney wins
Highest seed
#1
best seed earned
  • Year
    25-26
    3Illinois logoIllinois(28-9)Final Four
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs14Penn logoPennW 105-70
    R32vs11VCU logoVCUW 76-55
    S16vs2Houston logoHoustonW 65-55
    E8vs9Iowa logoIowaW 71-59
    F4vs2UConn logoUConnL 62-71
  • Year
    24-25
    6Illinois logoIllinois(22-13)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs11Xavier logoXavierW 86-73
    R32vs3Kentucky logoKentuckyL 75-84
  • Year
    23-24
    3Illinois logoIllinois(29-9)Elite Eight
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs14Morehead State logoMorehead StateW 85-69
    R32vs11Duquesne logoDuquesneW 89-63
    S16vs2Iowa State logoIowa StateW 72-69
    E8vs1UConn logoUConnL 52-77
  • Year
    22-23
    9Illinois logoIllinois(20-13)First Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs8Arkansas logoArkansasL 63-73
  • Year
    21-22
    4Illinois logoIllinois(23-10)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs13Chattanooga logoChattanoogaW 54-53
    R32vs5Houston logoHoustonL 53-68
  • Year
    20-21
    1Illinois logoIllinois(24-7)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs16Drexel logoDrexelW 78-49
    R32vs8LILoyola (IL)L 58-71
  • Year
    16-17
    10Oklahoma St. logoOklahoma St.(20-13)First Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs7Michigan logoMichiganL 91-92
  • Year
    15-16
    14Stephen F. Austin logoStephen F. Austin(28-6)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs3West Virginia logoWest VirginiaW 70-56
    R32vs6Notre Dame logoNotre DameL 75-76
  • Year
    14-15
    12Stephen F. Austin logoStephen F. Austin(29-5)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs5Utah logoUtahL 50-57
  • Year
    13-14
    12Stephen F. Austin logoStephen F. Austin(32-3)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs5VCU logoVCUW 77-75
    R32vs4UCLA logoUCLAL 60-77

Data window: 2012-13 through 2025-26