UPDATE 2: Hale has a full blown update with a lot of excellent commentary.

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UPDATE: David Hale offers some great insight.

Add that to the potential vacancy at Kentucky (and the rumors there get louder every day), and there could be an all-out bidding war for someone like Grant. Will Grant be the likely candidate at UK? Probably not, but should the Cats can Gillespie and go with someone like Billy Donovan, Tom Izzo or Travis Ford, Grant could easily be a top candidate to fill the vacancy they leave behind.

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Bernie’s Dawg Blawg is reporting (via Total UGA) that UGA has extended multiple offers to current Virginial Commonwealth head coach Anthony Grant.

Like it or not, agree or disagree it appears that Anthony Grant is the man that the powers that be have selected.

Anthony Grant is the man Damon Evans wants and President Adams has made at least two formal offers.

It’s certainly not a done deal yet though as there may be other schools that want to be in the Anthony Grant business.

However, a decision could still be days if not weeks away as the players in the drama wait to see what move Kentucky makes.

And what about Alabama? I gotta say I thought we’d be hearing something like this about Capel when and if the Sooners were eliminated from the NCAA tounament. Capel, Dixon, Miller not interested? This seems like a notch below what Damon Evans mentioned as type of proven winner UGA wouldn’t be denied this time around.

All that being said, Anthony Grant is an impressive guy who is likely to continue his success in Athens if he lands the top job. VCU nearly pulled off the upset against UCLA and looked well coached doing it.

Now the drama really starts to unfold.

LINKS:

• Coaching Rumors Heating Up – Bulldogs Blog (Hale)
• Evans and Adams focus on Anthony Grant as Felton’s successor – Bernie’s Dawg Blawg
• As the search turns: Anthony Grant and the Bulldogs – Mobile Press-Register
• UGA and Anthony Grant getting closer? – Georgia Sports Blog

Also, check out the case for Anthony Grant from Mark Bradley of the AJC.

Kevin Scarbinsky has a write up about who the next basketball coach in T-Town might be. Apparently, there is some talk of Anthony Grant coming down from VCU to replace ousted head coach Mark Gottfried.

Scarbinsky thinks Grant is eyeing another option:

Those insiders also say, if Grant does decide to leave VCU for the SEC, it will be to replace Dennis Felton at Georgia, not Mark Gottfried at Alabama.

It’s believed that Grant would’ve been Georgia’s top target last year, and would’ve been intrigued at the opportunity, but Georgia made the mistake of letting Felton coach out the season before firing him.

Why would Grant come to a program that is in much worse shape and that has enjoyed far less recent success?

Why would he prefer Georgia to Alabama, given the choice? Georgia has a better in-state talent base, and Georgia has proven it will hire a black head basketball coach.

Good point. Georgia is as ripe with basketball talent as it is with football talent. Once the program got off of it’s knees it could enjoy sustained success, just like the football program.