Posted by alblack56 on 4/10/2014 4:57:00 PM (view original):
Xavier coach Chris Mack has emerged as a top target in California's ongoing search to replace Mike Montgomery, multiple sources told CBSSports today. There is at least one report suggesting Mack has been offered the job. That's untrue, a source told CBSSports.com. But informal and third-party conversations have happened, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. And there appears to be serious interest on both sides. 

Posted by gillispie1 on 4/11/2014 2:43:00 PM (view original):

Posted by alblack56 on 4/10/2014 4:57:00 PM (view original):
Xavier coach Chris Mack has emerged as a top target in California's ongoing search to replace Mike Montgomery, multiple sources told CBSSports today. There is at least one report suggesting Mack has been offered the job. That's untrue, a source told CBSSports.com. But informal and third-party conversations have happened, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. And there appears to be serious interest on both sides. 

interesting... seems like a step down to me. does mack have connections back in CA?

Posted by alblack56 on 4/11/2014 8:33:00 PM (view original):

Posted by gillispie1 on 4/11/2014 2:43:00 PM (view original):

Posted by alblack56 on 4/10/2014 4:57:00 PM (view original):
Xavier coach Chris Mack has emerged as a top target in California's ongoing search to replace Mike Montgomery, multiple sources told CBSSports today. There is at least one report suggesting Mack has been offered the job. That's untrue, a source told CBSSports.com. But informal and third-party conversations have happened, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. And there appears to be serious interest on both sides. 

interesting... seems like a step down to me. does mack have connections back in CA?

I don't think so. He went to high school in Cincinnati where he was the 'Cincinnati Player of the Year'.  He's also a  Xavier alum and played for them for 2 years after transferring from Evansville

Posted by dacj501 on 4/12/2014 5:16:00 AM (view original):

Posted by alblack56 on 4/11/2014 8:33:00 PM (view original):

Posted by gillispie1 on 4/11/2014 2:43:00 PM (view original):

Posted by alblack56 on 4/10/2014 4:57:00 PM (view original):
Xavier coach Chris Mack has emerged as a top target in California's ongoing search to replace Mike Montgomery, multiple sources told CBSSports today. There is at least one report suggesting Mack has been offered the job. That's untrue, a source told CBSSports.com. But informal and third-party conversations have happened, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. And there appears to be serious interest on both sides. 

interesting... seems like a step down to me. does mack have connections back in CA?

I don't think so. He went to high school in Cincinnati where he was the 'Cincinnati Player of the Year'.  He's also a  Xavier alum and played for them for 2 years after transferring from Evansville

at least Cal is in a major conference...

Posted by alblack56 on 4/12/2014 5:42:00 AM (view original):
It's possible the Big East will regress to mid-major status. But, with only one season, it's too soon to determine.  Regardless, I feel Xavier is a major program.  In the last 10 years, they've had two Elite Eight finishes and twice more made the Sweet 16.

Sources told CBSSports that former NBA coach Eric Musselman has interviewed twice for the California job

Musselman's candidacy makes sense for a variety of reasons.

The 49-year-old was once the head coach of the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, point being that he's obviously familiar with the region. The 2012 NBDL Coach of the Year also has strong AAU ties throughout the state of California, and he's spent the past two years in the Pac-12 as the associate head coach at Arizona State, where the Sun Devils won 21 games both seasons before making the NCAA Tournament last month.

from SBNation:

It's been two weeks since Mike Montgomery has stepped down as Cal head coach, and it feels like we're not anywhere closer to having a name. There have been plenty of names that have been bandied about. Chris Mack has come and gone. Mike Brey was there for a little bit. So has Joe Pasternack. Eric Musselman had his day in the sun beforegetting shut out.  Russell Turner was a candidate at some point, but I'm not sure if that's still the case.

Every 24 hours or so it seems like Cal gets a new candidate, and by the end of the cycle all such rumors have been refuted. Right now it's unclear if there's any sort of list of candidates outside of the original name, associate coach Travis DeCuire. You would think that if Travis DeCuire was Cal's number one choice, he would already have been installed awhile ago. But at the moment, DeCuire remains very much in limbo.