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Updated (w/ juicy rumor) Basketball Coaching Rumors: Tubby Smith?

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Is this OU's next Men's Basketball Head Coach?

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Solid source convinces me #Arkansas 2 name Mike Anderson of #Missouri head coach early next week. Great guy;won as UAasst; gets good signees.

So..

1) Not Tubby Smith after all

2) Tubby Smith is available. Would OU want him?  Was OU the reason he didn't go to Arkansas or did Arkansas pass?

3) I would assume to get a coach from Missouri to Arkansas, which to me is a lateral move at best as both schools think of themselves as basketball schools..and Mizzou actually makes the tourny...that the Pigs paid a bucket of cash for Anderson. (something I heard they didn't do for the last head coach)

Which means...what we heard about OU's willingness to pay for the right guy, seem that much more relevant.

Also, Arkansas Athletic Director worked for Joe C at Oklahoma, and are very good friends still.  The Arkansas Democrat also threw out Buzz Williams name from Marquette for the Arkansas job..  So are the 2 good friends and AD's comparing notes?  

Also the good folks at one of the best OU Blogs out there OU Hoops has been all over this coaching search.

Other names that have been linked to OU's head coaching job (In no order)

Former OU player and current head coach of UCO in Edmond, Terry Evans called OU his "dream job"

James Fraschilla, the son of ESPN commentator and former college coach Fran Fraschilla, will walk-on at Oklahoma next season despite the Sooners’ coaching situation being in limbo, leading to the idea, that Fraschilla might be on the Sooner's short list.

Marquette's Buzz Williams is the name everyone is throwing out there.  He has several ties to Oklahoma including coaching at OCU and his wife if from Oklahoma.

One name that is OUT:  Billy Gillispie.   Yeah...I also heard the same thing.  Concern over his drinking and 3 DUI convictions.  He says he's sober, but OU fears a relapse.

Here's a MAJOR UPDATE:  I got of the phone with a friend that knows some people (yeah, yeah....internet rumor, friend of a friend...but he was ahead on the "OU willing to pony up for coach, and WAY ahead on no to Gillispie).  Well, the blockbuster he dropped:  The leading candidate for the OU MEN'S basketball head coaching job:  Geno Auriemma the head coach of the UCONN Huskies women's basketball team!  You will hear next week his name out there to get a feel if the fans will accept it, especially around the boosters that write checks.

WOW!   So...whadd think about Auriemma?

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