While Sean Miller has been out scrambling for players this week, Pitt appears to be doing the same to find a coach.
The latest:
-- Adam Zagoria says Mark Schmidt is the next Pitt target.
-- Nate Oats and even Mike Hopkins have also been mentioned.
-- Speculation surfaced Thursday evening that there was a push to reinstate Miller as a candidate for Pitt.
-- There was also talk about a meeting being arranged and then canceled for Friday to discuss the coaching situation, which prompted a Pitt spokesman to say it was long-standing and needed to be canceled because of staff commitment to the search.
-- A Pittsburgh radio host says the decision to nix Miller's candidacy wasn't just made by Heather Lyke, while the Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy says Miller wasn't the ideal candidate for Lyke.
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Paul Zeise says Pitt doesn't know what it wants.
NCAA president Mark Emmert told the Los Angeles Times the NCAA won't start its investigation until the federal investigatory process is finished -- meaning it could still be a while.
The Utes (and Larry K) have found dancing in the NIT isn't all that bad. The only school in the Pac-12 to win a bowl game last season, Utah also has the last team standing in basketball.
Oregon's frontcourt could be formidable next season in part because Kenny Wooten will return.
The Seattle Times says Hopkins has Washington ahead of schedule.
Jon Wilner took a look at whether the Pac-12 could have a gloomy repeat of 2018 next season.
Wilner also interviewed Pac-12 Networks president Mark Shuken, who says the network will still not be offered as a standalone streaming option, so as not to undercut its current provider agreements.
Kevin Love's dad told the Oregonian that youth hoops was the "dirtiest business" even when his son was a prep star in the Portland area.
Xavier is hoping Chris Mack, Miller's former assistant with the Musketeers, sticks around after he meets with Louisville.
