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| System ID: | jl-d97daa1e8b8724ccdb6a3e507f90ed83 |
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| Title: | North Carolina next coach odds: Billy Donovan and Tommy Lloyd lead the pack |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | lloyd; prediction; lead; north; carolina; markets; kalshi; odds; donovan; billy; accurate; coach; pack; tommy; Landon Donovan; Billy Donovan; Chicago Bulls; Basketball; Mark Few; NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; The Athletic; Tommy Lloyd; VCU Rams men's basketball; Hubert Davis; Prediction market; University of North Carolina; University of Arizona |
| Datetime: | 3/27/2026, 12:45:28 PM |
| Summary: | On Kalshi, “North Carolina Basketball – Next Head Coach” went live around 1 a.m. By 9 a.m. that morning — still before the announcement — Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan and University of Arizona men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd had both surged as early favorites. As of this writing, Donovan is a 30 percent favorite on Kalshi, with Lloyd behind at 25 percent. “North Carolina doesn’t have a ‘top’ candidate so much as it has a few favorites, but Tommy Lloyd and Billy Donovan are both firmly in that upper tier,” Marks said. I do not see Tommy Lloyd, Nate Oats, Dusty May or T.J. Otzelberger as the next hire, and there’s no way I’d consider Todd Golden.... |
