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Maryland's Kevin Willard says departing AD, lack of NIL money have stalled contract extension talks

Maryland men's basketball coach Kevin Willard gave what amounted to a state of the program on Thursday ahead of the Terrapins' first-round NCAA tournament matchup with Grand Canyon.

Amid reports that athletic director Damon Evans is leaving to take the same position with SMU, Willard was asked about rumors that he's a candidate for other head coach openings. In particular, he's been linked to Villanova, which fired Kyle Neptune last week.

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