MIAMI -- Earl Watson got a lot of text messages Monday. That wasn't a coincidence. Earlier in the day, ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams had brought up his name on a national radio show.
The context:
After the NCAA Tournament, Williams predicts UCLA coach Steve Alford will leave for Indiana, a job vacated last week when the school fired Tom Crean. Given Alford starred at Indiana during his playing days, helping the Hoosiers win the 1987 national championship, that potential move makes sense.
Alford's replacement at UCLA?
"I see Mr. Earl Watson, the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, coming back home to UCLA," Williams said.