The University of Louisville struck quickly in the wake of FBI fraud allegations stating that the program paid over $100,000 to the family of five-star recruit Brian Bowen to essentially buy his commitment. Head coach Rick Pitino and athletics director Tom Jurich have been fired as a result, leaving one of college basketball’s blue bloods without a head coach. Louisville will almost assuredly have an assistant lead the program on an interim basis while it prepares to search for Pitino’s full time replacement.
We likely won’t know many of the details of the search until late spring, but if Frank Martin is on the short list, it shouldn’t come as a shock.