ESPN star slams Kevin Willard's Maryland exit
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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 bu...
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Willard left for Villanova last weekend after leading the Terrapins to the Sweet 16.
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“Coach Willard led the Terps on an incredible run this season. The Crab 5, Derik Queen ‘s miraculous buzzer-beater, and a Sweet 16 berth. This was a season to remember,” Maryland President Darryll J. Pines and Interim Director of Athletics Colleen Sorem said in a statement.
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Every step of Kevin Willard’s journey to Villanova from Maryland should be instructive and sobering. It should strip away any remaining sentimentality about the world of college basketball and how Villanova’s leaders view the Wildcats’ place in it.
Kevin Willard's messy breakup with Maryland was completed Sunday when the 49-year-old coach was hired by a Villanova program that suffered through a March malaise over the last three seasons under the fired Kyle Neptune.
The Golden Eagles and Terrapins agreed to a home-and-home series last year, with MU winning in College Station in November.