Pitino reportedly met with West Virginia AD Wren Baker on Tuesday, and with no deal happening, social media has been abuzz with speculation. Did Pitino turn down WVU for Xavier? D

Pitino takes over the Musketeers program after four years with the Lobos, and West Virginia hired Ross Hodge to succeed Darian DeVries.

BREAKING: New Mexico guard Donovan Dent, the Mountain West POY, is entering the transfer portal, he told @On3sports. The 6-2 junior averaged 20.6 points and 6.4 assists per game this season. Shot 41% from three. Will consider a possible return to New Mexico.… pic.twitter.com/9ZUl4VTsRM

Here's what Richard Pitino is looking for in the transfer portal as he builds his first roster as Xavier's head basketball coach.

Former North Texas Mean Green head coach Ross Hodge will be heading to Morgantown to coach the West Virginia Mountaineers

Will Webber also talks about his interactions with Rick Pitino, who was sitting behind him at Sunday's Lobos-Spartans game.

Pitino, 42, has spent the past 13 seasons as a Division I head coach and will now go up against his father, Rick, in the Big East

Pitino, 72, said legendary coaches like Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, who won five NCAA championships, and Villanova’s Jay Wright, who won two, “probably would have been fired” early in their careers if they were starting out today."