BU Coaching Rumor Roundup: Globe Says it's Tony Jones

Mark Blaudschun in the Boston Globe, after issuing the requisite safety escape valves for himself (i.e. "appears to be the choice," "expected to be completed," "barring any snags or a change of heart"...), says that the next BU men's basketball coach is Tony Jones.

Blaudschun's source says, "They are talking and working on a few things. But it looks pretty good." His sources have been wrong before, but he says he's talked to folks both at BU and at Tennessee.

Meanwhile, Mike Griffith of the Knoxville News-Sentinel gives a little more background on Jones. He says Jones was a finalist for the coaching job at Marshall University - a Conference USA team that we lost to this year - and was considered by Tennessee State this year. he has been the top assistant to Bruce Pearl (a damn good basketball coach) for the last eight years between Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Tennessee, and currently makes $182,434 as an assistant. At UT, Jones handles scheduling, in-game substitutions and some recruiting duties (Blaudschun says he "is known as an aggressive recruiter").

Jones confirmed to UT's hometown paper that he interviewed with Mike Lynch, but would not comment beyond that.