Ever since then, Groce has had the Zips as one of the country’s top mid-major programs. They ranked No. 13 in the most recent mid-major poll. “John has done a tremendous job of adjusting to ...

CLEVELAND — University of Akron men's basketball coach John Groce tried to ignore the family dynamic as much as possible as he entered Saturday night's Mid-American Conference Tournament ...

The MAC tournament title game was a sibling showdown. Akron coach John Groce and Miami Ohio’s Travis Steele faced off Saturday in Cleveland with an NCAA tournament bid at stake. Groce's squad ...

Illinois coach John Groce doesn’t use Twitter much, and when he does, it is often during the offseason. But Groce felt the need Wednesday to send out a tweet addressing his emotional outburst on ...

It’s one of those well-worn, origin-story yarns that John Groce has spun probably dozens of times. But it’s applicable to how he's building the Illinois basketball program, so we can allow ...

The Illini are off to a 10-0 start, led by senior Brandon Paul's team-best 19.5 points per game First year coach John Groce's No. 1 priority was to change the culture of the program Groce has 'a ...

the University of Illinois is fortunate to have a hoops coach in John Groce who apparently understands that. Because it's refreshing to know that some schools are actually still in the teaching ...

With a straight face Thursday at a news conference in Champaign, John Groce shared what he considers the foundation of his Illinois basketball program. “There is nothing more important than ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman gave basketball coach John Groce a public assurance that he still has a job Thursday, the second from the new AD in less than a month.