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Kevin Willard's Future: Leaving Maryland After the Tourney?
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3/27/2025
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Because Kevin Willard has been at the forefront. Will he leave for Villanova's job with the Terps
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on the verge of their first Week 16 berth since 2016? What's the latest update you have
00:11
in terms of Kevin Willard's job status? Well, this is what I can tell you, Ben. You know,
00:16
I reported on Selection Sunday that Maryland had put a term sheet in front of Kevin Willard
00:21
that would make him one of the top 10 highest paid coaches in college basketball. I have since
00:26
been informed since I did that report that that number is going to be at least in the neighborhood
00:32
of $5 million and likely well over $5 million annually. The question is, though, whether or
00:38
not Kevin Willard wants to stay at Maryland, which obviously does not have an athletic director right
00:43
now, or does he want to return to his roots in the Big East where he spent many years at Seton
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Hall, but obviously Villanova is a much, much higher level basketball job than Seton Hall is.
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So that right now is the elephant of the room, and it's something that's dominated the headlines
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this week in San Francisco. You touched on it. This is the first time since 2016 that Maryland
01:05
has played in the Sweet 16, and Maryland unequivocally has enough to win a couple more
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games in this NCAA tournament. But this storyline is not going away, and I've never seen in all my
01:17
years covering this a team advance this far in the NCAA tournament and have this type of a cloud
01:23
over its game.
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