The two names I've heard most prominently are Pat Knight and Steve Alford. Is that what you're hearing? What's your assessment of those two?
I seriously doubt they would hire Pat Knight for obvious reasons, and I also seriously doubt that Pat Knight would accept the job for equally obvious reasons. Besides, I'm not even sure that Pat Knight wants a head coaching job. There's been some talk about him taking over at Texas Tech when his dad retires, but everytime I've seen an interview with him, he always says that he's not interested.
I've heard Alford a lot, and he was the target of my comment about not getting the biggest name available. I like Alford a lot, but I just don't think he's shown himself ready for the big time yet--frankly, he's been kind of a disappointment at Iowa, despite having some teams that had a pretty good amount of talent.
I really think that Indiana needs to scour the DII and mid-major ranks for a coach that just plain knows basketball. I don't know who that is, but I'm impressed with the fellow at Virginia Tech (despite a loss to VMI), I'm impressed with the fellow at Evansville (despite a bad 2005, I think the team is making nice progress after Jim Crews--I hate to bash a Knight guy--really ran that team into the ground), and I like Dan Dakich at Bowling Green--he's ready for a bigtime job, I think. I like Dick Bennett, actually, but I don't think they could get him there...it would be interesting, though, with his daughter coaching the gal's team.
One of the local radio stations last week was talking about Alford being on thin ice at Iowa. If he's available I think IU will be all over him. He was on the radio later in the week and was excited about his future at Iowa. Personally I think it will be Dan Dakich. I used to think either Jim Crews or Joby Wright, but I think they may go with a younger one. Another name being mentioned around Indy is Randy Wittman.