Akron Zips men's basketball coach John Groce received his latest contract extension after 3 NCAA Tournament trips in 4 years.

Akron Zips coach John Groce, facing, hugs his brother, Miami RedHawks coach Travis Steele, before the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship game March 15, 2025, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Akron Zips basketball coach John Groce sees consistent success in the MAC During the 2019-20 season, Groce guided Akron to a 24-7 record and a Mid-American Conference regular season title.

It was a good season for the Akron Zips men's basketball program, which has been a part of a really good run for head coach John Groce. The Zips went 28-7 with a 17-1 record within MAC play.

Akron head coach John Groce took the podium on Thursday and pointed to two characteristics that stood out about the Zips. "One is just the fact that they have been resilient," Groce said ...

So when a reporter asked Akron coach John Groce about his team's schedule after their 93-65 blowout loss to Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it was a fair question.

SEATTLE (AP) — Akron coach John Groce didn’t even wait for last season to end before he started talking about changing his team's approach on offense. He knew the Zips were about to lose three ...

In the months after he led Akron into the 2022 NCAA Tournament while running the nation’s seventh-slowest adjusted tempo, then letting a near first-round upset of UCLA slip away, Zips coach John ...

Groce said it’s a young and undersized team with a lot of offensive firepower led by senior guard Joseph Young, who is averaging 20.4 points a game and has hit 39 of 41 free throws.

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. • Coach John Groce dangled some teases Tuesday but he guarded the specifics of the “changes” he’ll weave into the Illini basketball lineup Wednesday night against Michigan.

Groce and his players will watch the selection show at Rhodes Arena during an event open to the public. Akron is 0-6 in Division I NCAA tourney games (1986, 2009, '11, '13, '22 and '24).