North Carolina’s No. 1 choice trending as school’s future coach
Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan is trending as the next North Carolina coach, according to Kalshi. At the time of publishing, the site had Donovan, North Carolina’s presumed No. 1 option, with a 56% chance to be the next Tar Heels coach, compared to 24% for Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd.
Lloyd will coach the Wildcats against Michigan in the Final Four on Saturday. Kalshi bills itself as the first regulated U. S.
exchange that allows users to trade on the outcome of real-world events, like sports. Offshore betting site Betonline. ag has Donovan at 4/7 (-175) and Lloyd at 7/4 (+175).
The 60-year-old Donovan hasn’t coached in college since 2015 but is seen as a potential savior for a blue-blood school looking to get back to the top after back-to-back first-round NCAA Tournament exits under Hubert Davis , who was fired last week. “My main focus is on these guys and this new team,” Donovan said last week, per Tony Jones of The Athletic . “I understand that there’s stuff out there, and I understand that there is going to be certain speculation.
But, I have to concentrate on this group, and really, my focus is on what we’re doing here in Chicago, having a game tonight, and traveling to go and play in a back-to-back. ” Donovan won back-to-back NCAA titles at Florida in 2006-07 and led the Gators to four Final Fours, four SEC Tournament titles and six SEC regular-season crowns. In recent years, he’s served as a sounding board for coaches like UConn’s Dan Hurley, the most recent coach to win back-to-back titles, and Florida’s Todd Golden, who was attempting to win consecutive titles before the Gators were upset by No.