This program has missed four straight NCAA tournaments but that was under the previous coaching regime. They couldn’t put a team together to go dancing in March, and that is a problem when you are coaching such a prestigious basketball program.
Illinois will get back to the top once again and the current coaching regime led by Brad Underwood will get us to that point. He will help lead this program to where they can compete for Big Ten championships year in and year out and be perennial Sweet 16 contenders as well.
But, to get to this level of success, there needs to be some changes from what the previous regime managed to mess up.