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I think Gregg Marshall is a long shot, but I don’t know about no shot. Three major appeals about Wake vs Wichita State: 1) Gregg Marshall is a super competitive guy, and the new look ACC will be the best conference in the nation moving forward. 2) As much as it has been misused of late, Wake should have a fantastic recruiting brand in fantastic recruiting grounds (Chris Paul? Tim Duncan? Tobacco Road?). It will be easier to build an elite program at Wake than at any job that will be open within the next 3 or so years (assuming Calipari and Self stay put). 3) Up until Wichita State, he had spent his entire life in either Virginia or the Carolinas.
I’ve been on the Gregg Marshall train since their NIT championship. He would be a massive coup, albeit obviously pretty unlikely. I do think Wake at least tries to open it’s pocketbook wide. Wake has money; Wellman just has to actually spend it, and, as he nears retirement, he definitely wants to save face post-Bzdelik disaster. In the end, though, I’d put my money on Mike Lonergan, with top tier candidates declining to interview. Remains to be seen.
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