Underwood, Brad

Illinois Viewing: All-Time Coaches Rank #58 of 420 Coach Score: 69.67

Career & Tournament Summary

Career record

302–137

NCAA record

12–10

NCAA win%

0.545

Appearances

Average round

2.2 (Round of 32)

Current NCAA streak

6 years

Deep March resume

🏆 0 FF 1

Avg ATS margin

+1.29

Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →

Collins, Chris Northwestern	13–5	18 games
McCaffery, Fran Penn	10–6	16 games
Gard, Greg Wisconsin	9–7	16 games
Izzo, Tom Michigan St.	5–9	14 games
Pikiell, Steve Rutgers	10–4	14 games
Holtmann, Chris DePaul	6–6	12 games

Betting Trends

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55.5% cover rate · 169 games · last 5 seasons

5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.

Cover %

55.5%

169 games

As Favorite

54.5%

134 games

As Underdog

54.3%

35 games

Recent Season

59.5%

2025-26

Current Season

59.5%

37 games · 2025-26

Covers the spread more often than not.

Season-by-season

Season	School	W	L	Win%	WAB	WAP	TASE	Seed	ATS	Furthest RoundNCAA	Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27	Illinois	0	0	0.000 0.00	—	—	—	—	—		Detroit, MI

►2025-26	Illinois	28	9	0.757 0.76	+8.6	+1.6	+2.21	#3	+2.74	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG F4	Indianapolis, IN

►2024-25	Illinois	22	13	0.629 0.63	+5.7	-0.6	-0.02	#6	+0.66	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	San Antonio, TX

►2023-24	Illinois	29	9	0.763 0.76	+8.6	+4.4	+1.21	#3	+2.37	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG E8	Phoenix, AZ

►2022-23	Illinois	20	13	0.606 0.61	+2.1	-1.4	-0.60	#9	-0.02	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Houston, TX

►2021-22	Illinois	23	10	0.697 0.70	+5.6	+0.9	-0.52	#4	-1.74	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	New Orleans, LA

►2020-21	Illinois	24	7	0.774 0.77	+10.5	+4.0	-2.26	#1	+5.13	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Indianapolis, IN

►2019-20	Illinois	21	10	0.677 0.68	+5.1	—	—	—	—	COVID	Atlanta, GA

►2018-19	Illinois	12	21	0.364 0.36	-2.5	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	Minneapolis, MN

►2017-18	Illinois	14	18	0.438 0.44	-3.8	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	San Antonio, TX

►2016-17	Oklahoma St.	20	13	0.606 0.61	+4.2	—	-0.58	#10	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Phoenix, AZ

►2015-16	Stephen F. Austin	28	6	0.824 0.82	+1.9	—	+0.85	#14	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Houston, TX

►2014-15	Stephen F. Austin	29	5	0.853 0.85	+4.7	—	-0.48	#12	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Indianapolis, IN

►2013-14	Stephen F. Austin	32	3	0.914 0.91	+4.3	—	+0.52	#12	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Arlington, TX

Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.