CHAMPAIGN — Brad Underwood didn't pull any punches when he discussed how Illinois men's basketball played in its Big Ten opener at Nebraska on Dec. 2. The Illini coach certainly didn't try and sugarcoat that 75-60 loss.
"We weren't very good," Underwood said. "It's the one game all year I feel like we never really threatened."
Underwood doesn't see that same Illinois team two months later as the Illini (6-15, 2-8 Big Ten) get set for their rematch with the Cornhuskers (13-8, 3-7) at 1:15 p.m. today at State Farm Center.
"We were really all over the place," Underwood said about Illinois' 15-point loss in Lincoln, Neb.