Maryland men’s basketball’s season ended Thursday night in an 87-71 loss to Florida in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. It took just one question before Kevin Willard was asked about his future with the program in the postgame press conference.
“I don’t know what I’m doing,” Willard said. “I haven’t talked to my agent, I haven’t talked to my wife. I made a promise to this team that I was going to just focus on this team, and that’s all I’ve done.”
Willard, 49, has been heavily rumored for Villanova’s coaching vacancy, with Jeff Ermann of Inside Maryland Sports reporting Thursday night that Willard “has been gone for days, if not a week.