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.

Image: AP

Even though his team is faltering down the stretch Jeff Capel is still the number one target to replace Dennis Felton in Athens.

Apparently, Damon Evans is not messing around either.

What is surprising is that, according to sources close to the situation, the Bulldogs are prepared to offer Capel in excess of $2 million per season.

Yowza. The only problem is why wouldn’t Oklahoma pony up to match his offer? They’ve enjoyed basketball success in the recent years and clearly it’s a high priority in their athletic department.

Isn’t he already enjoying a situation similar to the one that Georgia is promising? Basketball king at a football school where just making the tourney 3 of every 4 years will secure your job and your future.

WIll Geography be enough to lure him? He played at Duke and is from North Carolina. His brother Jason played at UNC does some color for RAYCOM’s ACC hoops coverage. Georgia would be closer to his roots.

Let’s hope that home cooking is enough of a reason for the Capel family start house shopping in Athens.

Image: uga.edu

Georgia Sports Blog has a great update on UGA’s quest to find a new head basketball coach. Essentially the update is the status of other teams who may be better able to attract coaches Georgia is interested in.

So….can we get a guy like Miller? Yeah. But he’s one of the prettiest girls in school right now. He can take any job he wants. That’s probably one of the reasons why Damon Evans was rumored to have told boosters before the LSU game that the search looked promising, but we need to bear with him because it’s not going to be easy. He was upbeat but realistic.

Georgia has had such bad karma in basketball I am hoping some of the good stuff is due to come back to us this time around.