Buzz decides to stay in Milwaukee and at Marquette. Matt Painter does likewise at Purdue extorting an 8-year deal from the University and their thrifty alumni.
Sounds like Buzz's deal is just an one-year rollover in excess of $2 mill/per so his name will likely continue to get kicked around but I'm not sure what jobs in Texas other than Texas would appeal to him. Maybe A&M, I guess.
A few thoughts on the other searches and hires. I think Mike Anderson fits well at Arkansas and they finally find their guy to recapture what "Cowboy" Nolan Richardson built. Tennessee's hire of Cuonzo Martin underwhelms but with the NCAA sniffing around, I doubt they do much better and Martin has a lot of people that think he can do a good job (Though Stephan Pearl, he of nepotism fame disagrees tweeting "LOL" and "Good Luck" after the hire). Georgia Tech's hire of Brian Gregory underwhelms, too but his reputation is pretty strong.
N.C. State is shooting for the stars supposedly going after Billy Donovan and Sean Miller, both of which kindly rebuffed them. Who do they think they are? Oregon? Now they're suppose to be hot and heavy after Shaka Smart. Cool your jets, Wolfpack. Guy can take any job he wants and he's going to take that job? You guys should just beg for Herb Sednek to com back or you can go on and keep missing the dance.
As for the Big 12 duo, the latest scuttlebutt (YEAH) has Oklahoma leaning towards vagabond Lon Krueger (Actually would be a good hire) and Missouri left at the alter by Painter. Didn't see that one coming, huh?
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