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Message: [QUOTE="Shark58, post: 2528752, member: 4746"] [SIZE=4][B][IMG]https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/collegebasketball/logos/35x35/UCONN.png[/IMG][URL='http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCONN']Connecticut[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Out: Kevin Ollie. Four years after winning a national title as a No. 7 seed, Ollie is now out. It's a rare fall from the top of the sport in terms of how fast all of this happened. Ollie's name was linked to potential [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/nba']NBA[/URL] openings as recently as two years ago. It remains to be seen if UConn will have to pay him more than $9 million to buy out his contract. A legal battle could very well ensue. As for the opening, Rhode Island's Dan Hurley is considered an obvious choice to step in there. Hurley would certainly listen to offers -- but he's in the midst of his best season yet. URI is still playing in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and the Rams are good enough to make the second weekend of the NCAAs. If Hurley is UConn's top target, it may have to wait a couple of weeks to get an interview. [SIZE=4][B][IMG]https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/collegebasketball/logos/35x35/UGA.png[/IMG][URL='http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UGA']Georgia[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Out: Mark Fox. Georgia's made a change after nine seasons under Fox. The Bulldogs made the [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament']NCAA Tournament[/URL] twice (2011, 2015), each time as a 10 seed. Fox should have a shot at a mid-major job going forward if he so chooses. As for Georgia, candidates that are reasonable to consider include former Indiana coach Tom Crean, Duke assistant Jeff Capel and former Ohio State coach Thad Matta. [SIZE=4][B][IMG]https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/collegebasketball/logos/35x35/PITT.png[/IMG][URL='http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT']Pittsburgh[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Out: Kevin Stallings. Pitt's disastrous hire from just two years is now complete, though the school is likely going to have to shell out $9.4 million to Stallings to make him go away. It goes down as one of the biggest coaching-hire busts in college hoops history. Pitt went 8-24 this season, including 0-19 against ACC teams. In two years, Stallings was 24-41. The Pitt job has promise, but the question becomes how much can it pay and who can it lure in? Tom Crean could be a potential fit. Rhode Island's Dan Hurley will probably get a call. [SIZE=4][B][IMG]https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/collegebasketball/logos/35x35/CSN.png[/IMG][URL='http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CSN']Cal State Northridge[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Out: Reggie Theus. The former NBA player and coach could not find success in the Big West, bottoming out after five seasons with a 6-24 record. Theus, 60, went 53-105 at CSUN. In: Mark Gottfried. ESPN reported on March 12 that Gottfried would take over. It's certainly a big-name hire for a Big West school, but Gottfried left behind a situation at NC State that wound up having the Department of Justice [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/justice-department-subpoenaed-nc-state-amid-corruption-probe-in-college-basketball/']poking around the men's basketball program[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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