Lost in all the news of Kentucky’s coaching hire is that Arizona is also without a head coach.

Despite continuing a long streak of NCAA Tournament appearances, the Wildcats program has been somewhat of mess for the last few seasons. The abrupt retirement of Lute Olsen before this season left Russ Pennell as the interim coach, and the school made it clear that he wasn’t an option to take over the program.

Plenty of names have been thrown out into the open as possible replacements, including the coach Kentucky just hired, John Calipari. But most of the coaches named have said they aren’t interested.

There are even conflicting reports of who is the leading candidate for the job. The East Valley Tribune of Phoenix is reporting that Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel is the leading coach for the job.

But according to ESPN.com, Mark Asher of Sports 620 KTAR, ESPN’s radio affiliate in Phoenix, is reporting that Arizona is set to hire USC coach Tim Floyd on Thursday. The report goes on to say that:

Floyd is meeting tonight with Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood to work out the final details of the deal and an announcement is expected Thursday, according to sources.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what actually happens.

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