instead of Ann Arbor. All it would have taken was a phone call. “But I never heard from (Illinois coach John Groce) and committed to Michigan,” LeVert said. Now LeVert is the 12th-ranked ...

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 ...

John Groce, who led Ohio University to 29 wins and took the Bobcats to the Sweet 16, was introduced as Illinois’ new head coach at a press conference on Thursday. Illinois athletic director Mike ...

Illinois men’s basketball coach John Groce has been fired. Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman announced the firing Saturday. Groce was in the midst of his fifth season as head coach for ...

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 ...

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 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 ...