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Akron's Groce, Ohio's Boals top MAC men's hoops coaches in 2020-21 pay Timothy Ludwig/Getty Images John Groce, who recently completed his fourth season at the University of Akron, is the Mid-American Conference's highest-paid men's basketball coach at $650,000 annually. Stan Heath, who led Kent State to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as a 37-year-old head coach in 2002, is the new coach at Eastern Michigan. Heath, an Eastern Michigan graduate, takes over for Rob Murphy, whose contract is expiring. Heath, according to the Detroit News, received a five-year d...

Trent Fraizer declares for NBA Draft, hiring agent Share this story Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports Trent Frazier had the option to come back for an extra year due to the pandemic, but he will enter the NBA Draft instead. Frazier announced his decision to put his name in the field and hire an agent on Friday night. Thank you, Illini Nation. “I will be an Illini forever!” Frazier wrote in his message. The four-year senior originally committed to John Groce, but stuck around when Brad Underwood was named the program’s head coach. And it was a bet that paid off.

Even at a distance, Illini basketball is creating buzz again in Champaign-Urbana (and beyond) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Brad Underwood jogged through a sea of orange with outstretched hands to high-five members of the Orange Krush student section after his Illinois basketball team just beat Iowa on March 9, 2020 in the regular-season finale. “I love you guys,” Underwood said as he made his way through for his post-game celebration. Three days later, Illinois was on a bus returning from Indianapolis after COVID-19 changed our world and canceled both the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments. Videos of l...

Ayo Dosunmu is the star Illini basketball always needed How Chicago native Ayo Dosunmu left a lasting legacy at Illinois. Ayo Dosunmu put on an all black outfit when he woke up to go to school on October 19, 2017. He changed his Twitter avatar to a blank black box, and so did the rest of his large, supportive family that had been visible throughout the recruiting process. Dosunmu had whittled down his college choice to Illinois and Wake Forest, and he wasn’t about to give any clues before he revealed his decision at the Jordan Brand store in the heart of downtown Chicago.