Ever break-up with a girl for maybe just a few days or even a couple of weeks? Then after you get back together with her, you find out there was this other girl that was interested. No matter how happy you are to be back with the old girlfriend and however sure you are that it was the right move, there’s always that little part of you wondering, “what if..?”

Bucknell and head men’s basketball coach Pat Flannery have come to terms on a contract extension that runs through the 2011 season and more fully funds the program’s budget and the salaries of his three assistants.
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That sort of success got Flannery attention from other schools. Pittsburgh was known to have been eyeing Flannery as a candidate had coach Jamie Dixon migrated to another job, namely Arizona State or Missouri. But Missouri signed UAB’s Mike Anderson and Dixon turned down a $900,000 offer from ASU. Dixon was subsequently re-upped by Pitt.
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Flannery, a 1980 Bucknell grad who just completed his 12th season at BU, was asked if he would have considered interviews from other corners:

“Absolutely,” he said. “I learned from a couple years ago that you never say never. But I’m very happy with what the administration has done now and we really have a good framework in place. And I think we’re going to keep [the staff] intact.”

While most of middle-Illinois were mourning the loss of the Illini from the Tournament, they also found a Pitt fan stuck in Bloomington, Illinois not enjoying life after Bradley.

Hilgenbrinck’s friend, Jonathan Titzel of Bloomington, said he was let down by his hometown Pitt Panthers, who lost to Bradley in the NCAA Tournament’s second round.

Still, Titzel said he’ll be watching every minute of the Final Four. But he isn’t enamored with the Cinderella story of George Mason.

“They’re pretty lucky,” said Titzel. “Their coach said this is his first time making the tournament, let alone winning it all. They’re pretty fortunate. They have some athletes, but they’re pretty fortunate.”

Not too bitter.

Seton Hall’s AD has been talking to other candidates while in Indy for the Final Four as expected. It also appears that Manhattan’s Bobby Gonzalez will have a second interview this weekend.

Gonzalez and Pitt assistant Barry Rohrssen are the clear favorites for the job opening created by Louis Orr’s firing last week. Gonzalez first met with university officials Wednesday. The Big East school is said to be weighing the pros and cons associated with the usually outspoken Gonzalez. In 2003, for instance, after a win over Seton Hall, he allegedly traded profanities with Pirates fans.

In seven seasons, Gonzalez, the MAAC coach of the year, has been to two NCAA tournaments. This year, despite losing sophomore C.J. Anderson, his top player, for a semester due to academic ineligibility, the Jaspers won the MAAC regular-season title and two NIT games.
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Quinlan interviewed Ohio University’s Tim O’Shea in Indy yesterday, according to a source. O’Shea, a former Boston College assistant, is attractive because of his Big East ties, but he clearly is a fallback option.

Davidson’s Bob McKillop, a Long Island native, also is expected to talk with Quinlan this weekend.

Gonzalez must have some interesting personality quirks. It really seems like he is the most obvious and best qualified candidate.