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Illinois coach showed in an unusual way how much he values the performance of players from the Balkans

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David Mirković, Mihailo Petrović, brothers Zvonimir and Tomislav Ivišić, Andrej Stojaković all contribute greatly to the success of Illinois. Their coach Brad Underwood showed in an unusual way how much he appreciates the performance of the players from the Balkans.

The famous coach showed up at training wearing unique sneakers.

Repping our 15 at the 16👟 pic.twitter.com/Tyxs61izbC
— Brad Underwood (@CoachUnderwood) March 25, 2026

They featured the flags of Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Puerto Rico and, of course, the United States of America as the most represented country.

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Illinois has reached the “World 16” stage of the famous “March Madness.” Their next rival is Houston.

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Illinois coach showed in an unusual way how much he values ​​the performance of players from the Balkans

Pioneers lost to Portugal, Savić: We played as much as the opponent allowed us to

Radović and Bakić finished the competition in the group with maximum performance

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Illinois coach showed in an unusual way how much he values the performance of players from the Balkans