Illinois coach Brad Underwood shared a scathing message on Saturday criticizing a lack of leadership among his players after the No. 17 Fighting Illini were upset at home by Penn State (7–3).
The 74-59 loss marked Illinois’ second in its two conference games thus far, and came just eight days after the program fell on the road against No. 13 Maryland, 71-66, on Dec. 2. In the aftermath of Saturday’s disappointing defeat, Underwood, who’s in his sixth season at the helm, unleashed a blistering rant about the effort shown by his players before offering an interesting reply to a question about star guard Terrence Shannon Jr.