Rutgers Close to Selecting Their Next Basketball Coach

Rutgers has narrowed down the search for their next head basketball coach to three candidates.

Fran Fraschilla, former head coach at St. John's, New Mexico, and Manhattan would be leaving a commentary gig at ESPN to take over at Rutgers. However, Fran has proven that he can succeed in the Tri-State area. He took both St. John's and Manhattan to the NCAAs as the head man.

Boston College fired head coach Al Skinner after more than a decade with the program, now Skinner is a finalist for the Rutgers job. Skinner has a recruiting base established in the Northeast, and would be able to assume the same recruiting practices that he established at BC.

Robert Morris head coach Mike Fox (pictured to the right) is the up and coming candidate, but is also the front runner to get the job. Fox's salary request would be no where near the amount that Rutgers would have to pay more established coaches Skinner and Franschilla. As school's make budget cuts across the country, Fox would be the ideal cost effective candidate. His stock sky-rocketed this season when RMU ran through the Northeast Conference, and scared the hell out of Villanova in the first round of the tournament. Fox was also a candidate for the Seton Hall job. It was said that the Pirates may have backed off of Fox because of his fiery personality on the sidelines. The Hall fired previous coach Bobby Gonzalez, partially, due to his conduct and attitude.