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LSU Lands Will Wade as Basketball Coach

UPDATE: LSU makes it official.

Reports had begun to leak that LSU was pursuing Virginia Commonwealth University head coach Will Wade over the last 24 hours, and per ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, Joe Alleva has his man:

LSU has agreed to a six-year deal with VCU's Will Wade, sources told ESPN. https://t.co/FvwuqBIDd2

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 21, 2017

Tiger Rag’s Cody Worsham confirmed shortly thereafter.

Wade has a 91-45 overall record in four years as a head coach at the tender young (younger than yours truly by about 10 months) age of 34.