Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood expresses frustration with Big Ten officiating, citing a drop in free throw rates during conference play.

No. 13 Illinois looked out of sorts pretty much from the opening tip of Saturday's game in Champaign, where USC pulled off an 82-72 upset and didn't so much mak

After the game, Illinois head coach Brad Underwood, who is a great friend of Tom Izzo’s, spoke to the media about the game. As always, he was complimentary of Izzo and his squad, but also frustrated about the fouls called on his star point guard Kasparas Jakucionis.

Underwood thought at least one foul call Sunday was egregious, but he wouldn't hang the Illini's loss on the officials

Just a few hours away from tipoff at home against Maryland, Illinois’ availability report revealed that Croatian center Tomislav Ivisic was ruled out. Additionally, Tre White and Will Riley were listed as questionable.