Mike Thomas got his guy in Groce

"Then, before you know it you're going through the background checks that our search firm did for us and at the end of the day we have a press conference like this," Thomas said at Groce's coming out party on Thursday.

Well, it's not quite that fast.

First of all, Thomas confirmed that he does not contact any candidate while their season is still playing out.

So Groce, who led Ohio to the Sweet 16, was not contacted until last Sunday.

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