There was a bit of a minor social media brouhaha this morning when a UConn beat writer suggested that the BC job was Mike Cavanaugh’s to turn down, but that he ultimately decided to stick with UConn - leading some to wonder if BC had let its top coaching target slip away to a program that has yet to qualify for an NCAA tournament.
This certainly contradicts what we’ve heard from various people with knowledge of the process, who suggest that Cavanaugh was indeed a very strong candidate for the job with mutual interest from BC, but was not the clear #1 candidate and not close to being offered the job; in fact, BC is just beginning its process.