CHAMPAIGN — Will today finally be the day John Groce and the Illini land one of their coveted point guard targets?
Groce and Co. will find out this afternoon as four-star point guard Xavier Simpson of Lima, Ohio, is expected to make his college decision during a news conference at his high school at 1:30 p.m.
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The 5-foot-11 Simpson is expected to decide between Illinois, Iowa State, Miami (Fla.) and Wisconsin. Michigan reportedly is making a late push after another coveted point guard, Cassius Winston, dropped the Wolverines.