Thursday morning’s news that Dan Hurley was heading to Storrs, Connecticut, to accept the UConn job took Pitt’s top candidate to fill its men’s basketball coaching vacancy off the table, but there are still a number of strong options available, two of whom Pitt reportedly spoke with after Hurley’s decision was made public.
The university has talked to Buffalo head coach Nate Oats and Washington head coach Mike Hopkins, according to Adam Zagoria and Sean Bock of Zagsblog. Details of their respective conversations with the university have not been revealed, and it’s unclear if either coach is interested in the position.