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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Bye bye Billy?
The Wilmington News-Journal reports today that Lehigh coach Billy Taylor is the latest candidate for the Delaware job. Delaware already has seen two of its top candidates fall through. Kevin Willard, son of Holy Cross coach Ralph and currently an assistant at Louisville, was offered the job by the school's president, only to have the trustees refuse to OK that hire. And UConn assistant Tom Moore has pulled his name out of the hat.

If Taylor leaves, he won't get to coach recruit Marquis Hall, who was just named a third team All-State pick in Oregon.

He might also miss out on coaching former Allentown Allen star Ray Barbosa, who is leaving James Madison and reportedly will transfer to either UMBC or Lehigh.

In today's Morning Call, Andre Williams reports:
According to Barbosa, Lehigh assistant coach Bob Simmons contacted Allen coach Doug Snyder inquiring when he might be released. Simmons said on Tuesday that he could not comment.
Williams also reports:
Barbosa favors UMBC over Lehigh because Retrievers assistant coach Kevin Baggett was also an assistant at JMU during Barbosa's freshman season and he was the main reason he went to JMU. Also, UMBC's academic requirements are not as stringent as Lehigh's.
Of course Barbosa should know he does not need to worry about the academic requirements. A year at a community college can take care of that.

Elsewhere on the coaching vacancies front:

The kids at the Daily Pennsylvanian are in a titter than Lafayette's Fran O'Hanlon may not find the Penn job attractive now that the Leopards have scholarships. O'Hanlon has been high on the list of speculative replacements for Penn coach Fran Dunphy, who is high on the speculative lists to replace retiring Temple coach John Chaney.
Published at 7:20 AM by Hoop Time.
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