The University of Illinois has called an 1 p.m. CT press conference at Assembly Hall to introduce its new men’s basketball coach. The press conference is open to the public, will be televised live on the Big Ten Network and will be streamed live on fightingillini.com.

It is not a very well kept secret that the choice will be Ohio head coach John Groce. Look for Groce to sign a deal in the $1.5 to $2 million range – a pretty big bump from the reported $355,000 he was making at Ohio.