If this was Dusty May’s finale at Florida Atlantic, he was nothing but grateful for the thrilling ride his players have provided. After coaching FAU to an unexpected Final Four appearance last year, May and his eighth-seeded Owls were knocked out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a 77-65 overtime loss to No.
FILE - Florida Atlantic head coach Dusty May reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against South Florida, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. May is one of the hottest commodities in coaching. His name is been linked to openings at Louisville, Ohio State, Michigan and Vanderbilt. And his eight-seeded Owls start NCAA play Friday in New York against ninth-seeded Northwestern.
May, who agreed to a 10-year contract extension last April, might be the hottest name on the coaching market. A former student manager for Bob Knight at Indiana, the 47-year-old May has been most frequently linked to Louisville, whichlast week — a long-expected move at a blue-blood program that won only 12 games the past two seasons.
After moving from Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference, the Owls brought back 14 of 15 players and were one of only five Division I programs that didn’t have a single player enter the transfer portal. They opened the season ranked No. 10 in theand beat then-No. 4 Arizona in double overtime in December, but were coming off a hard-to-explain 74-73 loss to 11th-seeded Temple in the AAC semifinals.
“We’ve had that fight in us pretty consistently for the last couple years,” May said. “This is the first time we’ve lost consecutive games in two years. It’s the first time we’ve lost by double digits in a long, long time.”
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