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WVU hired Hodge today. Nova rumored to be looking at 71 year old Bob Huggins while Maryland is still sweating out the Willard situation.

Move is more risky for Pitino than Xavier. He takes over a completely gutted roster at a school that has less $ than many conference opponents.

WVU Wren Baker is in kind of a tough spot. His last hire ran off to greener pastures after a single year. That probably has him reluctant to hire someone like Richard Pitino. He hoped for McCollum, but he stayed home in Iowa. He wanted Calhoun, but Calhoun is now staying put at Utah State, and those were the two guys he was courting the most. Mack is going back to Xavier from all indications, so forget that idea. So Baker is down to WVU assistant Chester Frazier, and mid-major coaches not named Pitino--High Point coach Alan Huss and North Texas coach Ron Hodge. Baker was the AD at North Texas for 6 years wile Hodge was an assistant to McCasland. He was also interested in Schertz last year, so maybe he'd be an option. But with the portal open, it's probably time to get a guy.

UNLV hired Pastner. Calhoun staying put at Utah State.

Might not mean a thing, but Ogden was sitting next to Miller.

UNLV focused on Bryan Hodgson of Arkansas State. He was an assistant to Oats for years.

Josh Eilert received 2 interim head coaching jobs in the last 2 years--WVU when it fired Huggins, and Utah when it fired Craig Smith. So which coach do you think should least want to have Josh Eilert as an assistant in the upcoming year? Fred Hoiberg--Nebraska hasn't had a coach last more than 7 years since Danny Nee (1986-2000). Hoiberg had four terrible years before having a winning conference record and an NCAA appearance, but he went right back to 7-13, finishing the year on a 5 game losing streak. Of course he received an extension last year to keep him in Lincoln through 2028-29. Porter Moser--finally managed a tournament bid in his fourth season at OU. Career conference record while at OU of 26-46. Contract expires at end of 2027-28 season. Aidan Autry--only 2 years in with Syracuse and feeling heat after 14-19, 7-13 year in a down year for the ACC. Has Kiyan Anthony and Sadiq White coming in, but another year like this will probably end his tenure. Johnny Dawkins--going into his 10th season at UCF. Six years removed from his only team at UCF to make the tournament or finish in Pomeroy top 50. Received a two year extension last summer after doing a little better than expected in UCF's first year in the Big 12, so his contract runs until 2026-27 ends. Steve Pikiell--ouch. Second straight season with losing conference and overall record, and he did it this year with not one but two top 5 picks in the upcoming draft. He received an extension through 2029-30 after the NCAA appearance in 2022.

Anderson played professionally in Europe for a few years.

Any idea about David Miller also coming?

Florida won football and men's basketball titles in academic 2006-07. Oh, you mean winning all 6. Never mind.

Iowa courting McCollum while Drake in the tournament. Minnesota courting Medved while Colorado State in the tournament. Virginia courting Odom while VCU in the tournament. NC State courting Wade while McNeese in the tournament. Baby Pitino might have a new job in the next 24 hours. Gotta wonder how that could have come about. Dusty May was hired by Michigan a day after FAU lost in the tournament last year. Todd Golden was hired by Florida the day after USF lost in 2022. Illinois hired Brad Underwood the day after Okie State lost in the 2017 tournament, and he got the job at Okie State the day after SFA lost in the 2016 tournament. It ain't nothing new.

I saw that on the other thread, but I was wondering if Miller and Mark at least had a discussion about it.

Is the absence of Mark from the list of players Miller has contacted an indication Mark is definitely going elsewhere, Miller isn't interested in keeping him, or that nobody knows?

Medved and McCollum getting hired today by Minn and Iowa. Nova, WVU, Xavier, Colorado State, UNLV, VCU, and Drake now looking.

Get ready for the arms race. Louisville to spend $8-10M on transfers? https://www.si.com/fannation/name-image-likeness/nil-news/louisville-basketball-preparing-massive-spending-push-transfer-portal