Winning by 22 points would normally give a head coach plenty of reasons to smile. However, Brad Underwood clearly had other things on his mind after No. 3 Illinois cruised past Sam Houston 108-86. Despite the comfortable victory, the Fighting Illini coach was far from satisfied with what he saw on the court, particularly his players’ repeated tendency to fall after attacking the basket.
After the win over the Sam Houston Bearkats, Underwood addressed the media, the video of which was uploaded to the Fighting Illini Athletics YouTube page. When he was asked about his players’ habit of falling to the floor after driving for layups, he gave a blunt response…