CHAMPAIGN — Brad Underwood made his preference clear when he was hired at Illinois. All that talk about scoring in seven seconds or less — a phrase borrowed from the Mike D'Antoni era Phoenix Suns — wasn't just idle ruminations.
Underwood's desired first option on offense is to push the ball in transition. Probably his second and third, too. He wants to run.
It didn't really happen in his first season at Illinois. The Illini's transition numbers from percentage of initial shots taken in the first 10 seconds of the shot clock to effective field goal percentage in those situations were basically in line with what they did under John Groce.