Loyola-Chicago athletic director Steve Watson knows that when all of this ends, a potentially expensive conversation is imminent. The Ramblers are headed to the Final Four, and Loyola-Chicago coach Porter Moser is the toast of college basketball. O.K., 98-year-old nun Jean Dolores-Schmidt is the toast of college basketball, but Moser is a close second.
The man who took the Ramblers from 1–17 in the Horizon League in his first season to NCAA South Region champ this year is going to be a hot commodity. Every wealthier program with a job opening will at least take a sniff, and someone with deep pockets could put on a full-court press.