So days after Siena coach Fran McCaffery was rumored to be a leading candidate for the vacancy at Providence, University at Albany coach Will Brown's name has now surfaced.

New York Daily News writer Dick Weiss wrote on his blog Friday that Brown is now being targeted as a possible replacement for Tim Welsh at Providence.

• Providence is focusing its search on Ohio U coach Tim O’Shea, Brown coach Craig Robinson and Will Browne of SUNY-Albany.

Now Brown's name is spelled wrong, but both McCaffery and Brown have said they have not been contacted yet, but the Friars are going to offer the job to someone after alum Jim Larranaga turned down Providence and signed a contract extension at George Mason last week.

The other names out there for the Friars opening are Brown's Craig Robinson (reportedly heading to Oregon State), Ohio University's Tim O'Shea and all of a sudden former ESPN analyst and Manhattan coach Fran Fraschilla.

An interesting note, Robinson is the brother-in-law of presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Anyway, as coaches and administrators return from the Final Four, talks will certainly heat up.

Would moving to the Big East for Brown or McCaffery be a good move?

Of Course.

Would going to Providence be easy, competing with Louisville, Georgetown, Syracuse, Connecticut and Pitt?

Not necessarily and it might not be the best move for either coach at this point in their careers.

We will keep you updated.