Ill trustees approve extension, raise for Groce
University trustees have signed off on a $200,000 annual raise and contract extension for Illinois basketball coach John Groce.
Groce's salary will increase to $1.2 million a year. His contract now runs through April 2018. In Groce's first season, Illinois finished 23-13 and defeated Colorado in the NCAA tournament before falling to Miami.
Illinois on Wednesday also said...
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Illini pick up PG transfer from BEAVERS
The Illini got one up on the Beavers tonight. Another point guard defects from the Pac 12 to the Big Ten. Oregon State transfer Ahmad Starks committed to the Illini and John Groce on Tuesday night. Starks is a native Chicagoan (Whitney Young H.S.) coming home to the state school. He could become eligible next season with a waiver.
Yes, Groce has the Illini program on a recruiting...
Illinois basketball: Illinois adds Oregon State transfer Ahmad Starks
Ahmad Starks finally made it official that he will be transferring from Oregon State University to Illinois.
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— Ahmad Starks (@astarks3) May 28, 2013
Starks, a 5-foot-9 guard, averaged 10.4 points as a junior with the Beavers.
The Chicago native led OSU in the 3-point shooting, connecting on 64 of 162 (39.5 percent). He led the team in scoring in seven games.
Starks...
Oregon State adds point guard Malcolm Duvivier late
Seeking to overcome the loss of transfer point guard Ahmad Starks and not signing former commit LJ Westbrook, the Oregon State Beavers added a point guard recruit for the 2013 recruiting cycle on Thursday, landing Canadian Malcolm Duvivier. His mother posted a Tweet with the news. Super Excited and Proud! Congrats to my son Malcolm Duvivier who has signed his [...]
Starks gets Beavs back on track
AHMAD STARKS had 21 points and Oregon State pulled away from Texas-Pan American in the second half Monday afternoon for a 84-59 win.
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Oregon State beats Texas-Pan American 84-59
Ahmad Starks had 21 points and Oregon State pulled away from Texas-Pan American in the second half Saturday afternoon for a 84-59 win.
Joe Burton had 18 points and tied a career high with 10 rebounds for Oregon State (10-3), which bounced back from its first home loss of the season to heavy underdog Towson just two days ago.
Hurley Johnson had 14 points and Aaron Urbanus 11 points...
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December 31, 2012
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Oregon St. 84, Texas-Pan American 59
Ahmad Starks had 21 points and Oregon State pulled away from Texas-Pan American in the second half Saturday afternoon for a 84-59 win.
Joe Burton had 18 points and tied a career high with 10 rebounds for Oregon State (10-3), which bounced back from its first home loss of the season to heavy underdog Towson just two days ago.
Hurley Johnson had 14 points and Aaron Urbanus 11 points...
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December 31, 2012
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Oregon St. 71, New Mexico St. 62
Ahmad Starks scored a career-high 33 points and Oregon State defeated New Mexico State 71-62 in a regional game of the 2K Sports Classic on Sunday night.
Joe Burton added 13 points for the Beavers, who improved to 2-0.
It was the opener for the Aggies, who went 26-10 last season and won the Western Athletic Conference tournament for a trip to the NCAA tournament.
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November 12, 2012
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NMSU loses season opener to Oregon State
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Ahmad Starks scored a career-high 33 points and Oregon State defeated New Mexico State 71-62 in a regional game of the 2K Sports Classic on Sunday night.
Joe Burton added 13 points for the Beavers, who improved to 2-0.
It was the opener for the Aggies, who went 26-10 last season and won the Western Athletic Conference tournament for a trip to the NCAA tournament...
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November 12, 2012
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(Video:) 5-9 Ahmad Starks scores over 7-5 Sim Bhullar
5-9 Ahmad Starks of Oregon State has developed a reputation as a 3-point specialist. But now and again he reminds people that there other reasons a 5-9 guy earns a scholarship to a high major university.
Here's the junior scoring over the 7-5 freshman Sim Bhullar at New Mexico State.
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