Would Dan Hurley or Jay Wright entertain the idea of coaching the Knicks?

It was nearly one year ago to the day when reports began to swirl that UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley was being targeted for the Los Angeles Lakers' head coaching vacancy. The story took the internet by storm with pundits across the sports media landscape taking their best guess as to whether the Huskies' head coach was going to leave the college game after winning back-to-back national championships for the chance to coach LeBron James in the City of Angels.

Hurley made the decision to return to UConn, but with another big-market NBA coaching job now open, could history repeat itself?

After the New York Knicks announced they were moving on from head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday, Hurley's name once again became a hot topic of conversation. The 52-year-old coach was born and raised in New Jersey and has spent his entire coaching career on the East Coast.

Coming off a disappointing season at UConn, which concluded with a 24-11 record and a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Florida, would Hurley consider making the jump now to the NBA and taking over the Knicks' head coaching position?

FOX Sports college basketball reporter John Fanta joined Jason McIntyre on Wednesday's edition of "The Herd" to discuss the odds of Hurley becoming the next coach of the Knicks.

"I don't think that this buzz is going to progress to the degree that we saw the Lakers thing last year and the reporting off of that, talking about him staying at UConn, the layers to it," Fanta said about Hurley potentially leaving Storrs for Manhattan. "I don't think we're going to get down that road. I just don't see it."

Fanta added that Hurley would likely "entertain" at least discussing the opening with the Knicks if they reached out, but he