Jim Crews of Evansville and Lon Kruger...
Jim Crews of Evansville and Lon Kruger of Kansas State dropped out of contention for the Ohio State basketball coaching job.
The Columbus Dispatch reported that the top candidates to replace Gary Williams, who left for Maryland, are Nolan Richardson of Arkansas, Mike Newell of Arkansas Little Rock, Cy Alexander of South Carolina State and Ohio State assistant Randy Ayers.
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