I mean, let's be honest, the move makes a lot of sense. If you can't see that, then you're not looking at this objectively. As for Lovie's kids: Trib reported that Mikal won't be joining his dad at UIUC, and it's undetermined if Miles will.
Interesting that this thread devolved into a lame discussion of university rankings. Nice job. Back to the thread topic: I follow Greenstein on Twitter—his oblique bashing of the Smith hire is getting almost comical. Transparent, anyway.