Depaul looking for a new coach

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

DePaul looks very fixable. New arena coming, fertile recruiting ground, major conference. The only problem is whether you have enough institutional support (which is significant). Worth the risk if you believe the administration will give you the tools to succeed.

[Litehouse]

Have seen Bobby Hurley's name connected with the Fordham opening. Not sure which job is a bigger coaching graveyard Fordham or DePaul. That said if you were to achieve success, at either location (and success is relative since they are both in putrid condition), it would open doors for far larger positions. That said he could easily project from Buffalo as well so he might just want to stay there. It's interesting that Bobby didn't follow the Dawkins-Collins-Wojo-Capel path of assisting under Coach K and has pretty much struck out on his own (albeit with an assist from his brother for whom he served as an assistant). As for Danny Hurley, my guess is that he's keeping his eye on what happens at Seton Hall as IIRC it's his alma mater.

Hurley might do better at Fordham with his local connections. He could probably get a steady pipeline of NJ and NYC talent to stick around and be successfully at that level. I'm guessing he didn't have to go the Coach K assistant route because he had plenty of connections through his family. However, DePaul could eventually be a final destination job if he's successful, while Fordham probably is not.

[MUBasketball]

http://zagsblog.com/articles/sources...ohns-in-doubt/

IF Lavin is given the boot, perhaps that hinders DePaul's ability to lock up Hurley (if he's their top candidate)? I would think DePaul can't wait if Hurley wants to see what happens with St. John's first. If the Schmidt brothers are right and Drew is staying at Valpo, suddenly DePaul is whiffing on some of their top targets.

Will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.

[TheSultan]

Hurley might do better at Fordham with his local connections. He could probably get a steady pipeline of NJ and NYC talent to stick around and be successfully at that level. I'm guessing he didn't have to go the Coach K assistant route because he had plenty of connections through his family. However, DePaul could eventually be a final destination job if he's successful, while Fordham probably is not.

If given a choice between staying at Buffalo, or going to Fordham, he's going to stay at Buffalo.

Fordham is a complete disaster of a program. They have had something like one winning season since joining the A10, despite having hired a former NBA coach (Bob Hill) and two up and coming mid major coaches (Dereck Whittenberg and Tom Pecora).

[MUBasketball]

What an f'ing joke (if true):

Evan Daniels ‏@EvanDaniels 43m43 minutes ago

Mississippi State moves quickly. DePaul doesn't. Been told by multiple sources that they haven't conducted any interviews yet.

[AlexJesswein]

What an f'ing joke (if true):

Evan Daniels ‏@EvanDaniels 43m43 minutes ago

Mississippi State moves quickly. DePaul doesn't. Been told by multiple sources that they haven't conducted any interviews yet.

Maybe an assistant on a team in the tournament...Kenny Payne?

[Markedman]

I saw 2 tweets tonight...1 said "sources" say Drew is top candidate......the 2nd said Hurley is the top candidate....

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

I saw 2 tweets tonight...1 said "sources" say Drew is top candidate......the 2nd said Hurley is the top candidate....

Either would be great hires imo and would be my top two choices. Not sure which I like more though.

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

Maybe an assistant on a team in the tournament...Kenny Payne?

this name is starting to fly around Chicago rumor mills, I know nothing about him

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I saw 2 tweets tonight...1 said "sources" say Drew is top candidate......the 2nd said Hurley is the top candidate....

So clearly Ben Howland doesn't know who they want.