A new name is emerging as a Hubert Davis replacement and he has a lot to prove this weekend

It’s getting odd that North Carolina hasn’t fired Hubert Davis yet, but at this point, it would be almost impossible to bring him back to Chapel Hill. So, let’s operate under the fairly safe assumption that athletic director Bubba Cunningham and the North Carolina are about to undergo an extension coaching search.

Davis was an internal hire, and most speculation about his replacement has stayed much closer to home, with Florida’s Todd Golden emerging as the favorite to take over and Alabama’s Nate Oats trailing close behind. However, Dan Wolken of Yahoo Sports thinks that the Tar Heels could and should look west for their next head coach.

“I thnk the person that they will and should initially target is Tommy Lloyd from Arizona,” Wolken said on Yahoo Sports Daily on Monday…

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