Sources - Seton Hall men's basketball coach Kevin Willard, top target for Maryland vacancy, mulls future

Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard is mulling his future as Maryland has closed in on him as the primary target for its coaching vacancy, sources told ESPN.

No deal has yet been agreed to, sources said, but the two sides are in talks.

Following Seton Hall's 69-42 loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday, Willard admitted there's a chance he's not coaching the Pirates next season — and even suggested former assistant and current Saint Peter's coach Shaheen Holloway, a former Seton Hall star player, as his replacement.

«I'll give you exactly what I can tell you,» Willard told reporters. «I have an agent who I haven't talked to yet. I don't know who he's talking to. I have absolutely no idea. But when I get home I'll talk to my agent and discuss things with my agent.

»I have no idea [if things will be resolved soon]. I literally have not — I've had three different agents in the last month. So my original agent (Jordan Bazant) I've had for 12 years went to TV broadcasting. I'll be honest with you. If I'm not here next year, I'd love, if Shaheen Holloway is here, that would be the happiest thing to happen to me."

Willard, who has been at Seton Hall for 12 seasons, has been considered a favorite in the Maryland search since the job opened in early December following Mark Turgeon's resignation. The Terrapins reached out to Alabama's Nate Oats early in the process, sources told ESPN, but that was a non-starter due to Oats' massive buyout. USC's Andy Enfield took his name out of the running when he agreed to a new contract with the Trojans earlier this month.

Over the last few weeks, the two coaches to separate themselves from the pack have appeared to be Willard and Notre Dame's Mike Brey, a Maryland native who