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Illinois Basketball: Where does the program go from here?

When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the books called “Choose Your Own Adventure.” They were fun to read and provided a fun experience. John Groce’s squad had their own type of “Choose Your Own Adventure” situation. This team decided to fight instead of giving up when the going got tough, but against Rutgers on Saturday, they ruined absolutely everything they had worked for.

Fans got excited for once in the five years John Groce has been here, and he blew it, B1G TIME. Rutgers did not just end a career for Malcolm Hill or Tracy Abrams, it officially put an end to the John Groce era.