Dan Wetzel Apr 2, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. It's been over a week since North Carolina fired basketball coach Hubert Davis. Since then, there have been few updates on the Tar Heels' coaching search. The silence is deafening, so deafening that despite a dynamic men's Final Four in Indianapolis this weekend -- UConn vs. Illinois , Arizona vs. Michigan -- UNC will be a primary topic of discussion, from power broker-filled downtown bars to news conferences in Lucas Oil Stadium, with up to three potential targets involved among the four head coaches. "People are going to speculate all they want," Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said Tuesday. "This team has my full focus. Nothing, nothing, I promise you -- nothing -- is knocking me off that path." There is no doubt Lloyd is all about leading the Wildcats to a national title. What he said also wasn't a denial of interest in the job.…