"We're obviously not washing our hands enough," Underwood said. "We obviously have to do a better job in our building. We're three weeks into this now, and we can't stop it. Maybe

Wisconsin basketball outlasted Illinois on Tuesday, avenging an early-season loss. Brad Underwood explained postgame why the teams did not shake hands

The Illinois Fighting Irish suffered a horrible road defeat, after choosing not to shake hands with Wisconsin, head coach Brad Underwood decided to visit them after the game.

The Illinois basketball team fell to Big Ten rival Wisconsin in blowout fashion on Tuesday in Madison. After the game, head coach Brad Underwood opted to

Illinois coach Brad Underwood didn't have his team shake Wisconsin's hands following their game Tuesday due to an illness outbreak in the Illini locker room.

Wisconsin basketball (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) cruised to a commanding 95-74 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini (17-10, 9-8 Big Ten) on Tuesday night. The team did so courtesy of another valiant scoring effort by star wing John Tonje.

After the game, Illinois decided not to shake hands with Wisconsin after the final buzzer. However, Illinois head coach Brad Underwood gave the reason why they did that after the game, and he said it was due to the Illini being ill.

Tipping off the game with 6-foot-9 Ben Humrichous and 6-foot-6 Jake Davis at the five and four, the Illini were at a gargantuan size disadvantage against a Badgers squad led by a frontcourt of 7-footer Steven Crowl and 6-foot-11 Nolan Winter.

Brad Underwood had a good reason why Illinois players didn't shake Wisconsin's hands after Tuesday night's loss.