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LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE
Buzz Williams, Virginia Tech There's been no shortage of speculation that Williams will be A&M's top target. He's from Texas and was an assistant under Billy Gillispie in College Station from 2004-06. He's been successful at Marquette (two Sweet 16s and five NCAAs in six years) and at Virginia Tech (three NCAA tourneys in five seasons). The questions will come down to money and whether he waits to see if he can land Texas or Arizona if they open.

STRONG CANDIDATES
Chris Beard, Texas Tech Just about six hours northwest of College Station, Beard has quickly built Texas Tech into a program that went to the Elite Eight last season and followed it up with a Big 12 regular season title this year. Beard is a program-builder and a grinder who knows the state and the surrounding area. Personally, I don't see Beard making the move because it's not enough of a step up.
Kelvin Sampson, Houston Woodward and A&M could look even closer than Lubbock to find a qualified candidate. Sampson has done similar wonders at Houston, taking the program from irrelevance to one that made the NCAA tourney a year ago and has been in the top 10 nationally this season.
Gregg Marshall, Wichita State He's cooled off a bit this season because the Shockers were in rebuilding mode, but he took Wichita to the NCAA tourney each of the previous seven seasons including a Final Four berth in 2013. Marshall has turned down several opportunities, and I'd expect him to turn this one down if it comes his way.
Eric Musselman, Nevada He's probably a notch behind those other guys much due to geography but he's made Nevada relevant again. Muss will bring energy to the program; he's almost the anti-Billy Kennedy in a sense extremely fiery compared to the laid-back Kennedy.

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RG20 said:

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Because hopefully we've learned our lesson about hiring coaches that are not proven. BK had no business being the coach here.

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RG20 said:

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Because hopefully we've learned our lesson about hiring coaches that are not proven. BK had no business being the coach here.

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SA-AG72 said:

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Did anyone see Steve Prohm's quote?:
Iowa State Men's Basketball: Notebook - Steve Prohm calls longtime boss Billy Kennedy's ouster from Texas A&M "terrible" and "bush league"

Prohm is the reason for BK's success at Murry State. BK's record is very good when he has great assistants.

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I think K-State's coach should be on the watch list, cause he won the regular season Big 12 title with a school in the middle of no where.

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small town Logan, UT.

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LaTex said:

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Just throwing Fred Hoiberg out there. He was a hot commodity a few years ago. He had a lot of success at Iowa St.

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Civil04 said:

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I think K-State's coach should be on the watch list, cause he won the regular season Big 12 title with a school in the middle of no where.

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85AustinAg said:

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Speculation but some interesting names and takes

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LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE
Buzz Williams, Virginia Tech There's been no shortage of speculation that Williams will be A&M's top target. He's from Texas and was an assistant under Billy Gillispie in College Station from 2004-06. He's been successful at Marquette (two Sweet 16s and five NCAAs in six years) and at Virginia Tech (three NCAA tourneys in five seasons). The questions will come down to money and whether he waits to see if he can land Texas or Arizona if they open.

STRONG CANDIDATES
Chris Beard, Texas Tech Just about six hours northwest of College Station, Beard has quickly built Texas Tech into a program that went to the Elite Eight last season and followed it up with a Big 12 regular season title this year. Beard is a program-builder and a grinder who knows the state and the surrounding area. Personally, I don't see Beard making the move because it's not enough of a step up.
Kelvin Sampson, Houston Woodward and A&M could look even closer than Lubbock to find a qualified candidate. Sampson has done similar wonders at Houston, taking the program from irrelevance to one that made the NCAA tourney a year ago and has been in the top 10 nationally this season.
Gregg Marshall, Wichita State He's cooled off a bit this season because the Shockers were in rebuilding mode, but he took Wichita to the NCAA tourney each of the previous seven seasons including a Final Four berth in 2013. Marshall has turned down several opportunities, and I'd expect him to turn this one down if it comes his way.
Eric Musselman, Nevada He's probably a notch behind those other guys much due to geography but he's made Nevada relevant again. Muss will bring energy to the program; he's almost the anti-Billy Kennedy in a sense extremely fiery compared to the laid-back Kennedy.

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