SAN ANTONIO -- Before taking the Villanova job this past weekend, Kevin Willard had a phone conversation with Jay Wright from the back of Willard’s deck.

One of the deciders in the process was none other than Jay Wright, Willard’s former adversary over a decade coaching at Seton Hall. After formal conversations with university President Rev. Peter Donohue and athletic director Eric Roedl, Willard fired up the old Big East phone tree Saturday night.

Maryland coach Kevin Willard has been having a busy last few weeks from leading the Terrapins to their first Sweet 16 berth in the last nine years to craftily dodging rumors about Villanova's head coaching vacancy.

In a moment of déjà vu, Maryland Terrapins head coach Kevin Willard’s postgame comments after the Terrapins’ Sweet 16 loss to Florida have gone viral—drawing comparisons to the statements he made in 2022 before leaving Seton Hall for Maryland.

Willard left Maryland with a 65-39 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances. He is fresh off his best season with the program, in which he constructed a talented roster dubbed the "Crab Five" and earned a second-place finish in the Big Ten and a trip to the Sweet 16.

PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Willard deadpanned that — no, he hadn't heard the laundry list of complaints lodged against him by Maryland fans and former players and, well, the list goes on — that he threw his program under the bus and then happily got behind the wheel to steamroll over their carcass all while the Terrapins made a run to the Sweet 16.

Kevin Willard, now head coach for Maryland, achieved his first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance after previously coaching at Seton Hall. Willard expressed that he wished he had achieved this milestone while coaching at Seton Hall, where his teams ...

Speaking after the Knicks' win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night, Hart said he is "super excited" by Willard's hiring and thinks the coach will bring a nice spark to Vi