After the game, Illinois head coach Brad Underwood, who is a great friend of Tom Izzo’s, spoke to the media about the game. As always, he was complimentary of Izzo and his squad, but also frustrated about the fouls called on his star point guard Kasparas Jakucionis.

Underwood thought at least one foul call Sunday was egregious, but he wouldn't hang the Illini's loss on the officials

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood was less than thrilled with the officiating crew during Sunday's loss to Michigan State.

If you paid good money for tickets at the Breslin Center or pay a hefty television bill that includes CBS, chances are you felt robbed of your money after watching Illinois’ 80-78 loss to Michigan State.

No. 13 Illinois looked out of sorts pretty much from the opening tip of Saturday's game in Champaign, where USC pulled off an 82-72 upset and didn't so much mak