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FILE - In this March 21, 2013 file photo, Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart, right, talks to guard Troy Daniels during the closing minutes of the team's 88-42 win over Akron in a second-round game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Auburn Hills, Mich. Two years removed from leading VCU to the Final Four and becoming one of the biggest rock stars in college basketball, Smart has gone through his third consecutive offseason where he was mentioned for big job after big job. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson, File)

FILE - In this March 20, 2013 file photo, Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart smiles during practice for a second-round game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. Two years removed from leading VCU to the Final Four and becoming one of the biggest rock stars in college basketball, Smart has gone through his third consecutive offseason where he was mentioned for big job after big job. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

FILe - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Alabama athletic director Bill Battle gestures during a news conference in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Battle isn't sure any football program has ever topped the Crimson Tide's current run of dominance. Battle's background and perspective make that high praise, indeed. He played for coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's first national championshp team at Alabama in 1961 and was a successful Southeastern Conference head coach himself. "I think what they've done is unprecedented," Battle said Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in an interview with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/The T...

Coach Nick Saban during the Alabama Spring NCAA college football game in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

FILe - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Alabama athletic director Bill Battle gestures during a news conference in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Battle isn't sure any football program has ever topped the Crimson Tide's current run of dominance. Battle's background and perspective make that high praise, indeed. He played for coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's first national championshp team at Alabama in 1961 and was a successful Southeastern Conference head coach himself. "I think what they've done is unprecedented," Battle said Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in an interview with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/The T...

FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file photo, UCLA men's basketball coach Steve Alford speaks during a news conference at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Taking the UCLA job has not prevented Alford from making those old stops. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Alford returned to the hospital where he was born and the community where his father, Sam, once coached, and for Alford it was an opportunity to feel like he was back home in Indiana. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FILE - In this March 30, 1987 file photo, Indiana's Steve Alford cuts the net after Indiana defeated Syracuse for the NCAA championship at the Superdome in New Orleans. Taking the UCLA job has not prevented coach Steve Alford from making those old stops. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Alford returned to the hospital where he was born and the community where his father, Sam, once coached, and for Alford it was an opportunity to feel like he was back home in Indiana.(AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this March 30, 1987 file photo, Indiana's Steve Alford cuts the net after Indiana defeated Syracuse for the NCAA championship at the Superdome in New Orleans. Taking the UCLA job has not prevented coach Steve Alford from making those old stops. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Alford returned to the hospital where he was born and the community where his father, Sam, once coached, and for Alford it was an opportunity to feel like he was back home in Indiana.(AP Photo/File)