Illinois Celebrates Sweet 16 Win With Water Gun Fight, Coach Goes Topless!

Neglect poppin’ bubbly, the Illinois males’s basketball group bought in a water gun combat to have fun its huge Sweet 16 win on Thursday … and the celly bought so wild, head coach Brad Underwood truly ditched his high for it!

The H2O battle occurred simply minutes after the Fighting Illini pulled off a 72-69 upset win over No. 2-seeded Iowa State within the NCAA match.

Underwood — sans tee — kicked off the struggle by busting via a curtain along with his workers and blasting a large tremendous soaker on his gamers.

Quincy Guerrier, Max Williams, AJ Redd and the remainder of the dudes got here ready, although, and returned fireplace with their very own smaller water pistols.

The entire celebration was a vibe … and the group definitely deserved it — as that is the primary Elite Eight they’ve reached since 2005.

“This team’s got swag,” Underwood stated after the win. “They don’t fear the moment, they don’t fear anything, they compete.”