The big story in college basketball over the past 24-hours has been the Chris Beard to Texas Tech talk.  After the rumors starting to break early yesterday morning about the newly hired UNLV head coach being involved as Tubby Smith’s replacement at TTU, Runnin’ Rebels AD Tina Kunzer-Murphy released the following statement:

“Late this afternoon, I was contacted by the athletics director at Texas Tech seeking permission to speak with Coach Beard about its men’s basketball head-coaching vacancy,” she said in the statement. “This evening, Coach Beard met with officials from Texas Tech. We were made aware of the meeting before it took place. I have since met with Coach Beard, and we have agreed to have this resolved by tomorrow.”

I have heard from many sources close to the situation, and they all feel that Beard will make the move.  The Texas native was a long time assistant at Texas Tech where he worked for both Bobby and Pat Knight.  The move would bring him closer to his family, and would also reportedly double his pay.

Lastly, this type of move is not unprecedented for Beard. Back in May of 2012, he accepted the job as the head coach at Lamar State College-Port Arthur, but stayed for less that a week before bolting to McMurry University (TX).

As Kunzer-Murphy said in her press release, this expected to be resolved today.  We’ll bring you the latest as we hear it.