The college basketball news cycle will not stop even though the 2018-19 college basketball season has wrapped.

In light of Virginia winning the national title, the other big headlines to surface in the hours after the Wahoos beat Texas Tech were not related to UVA or TTU. Instead, UCLA losing out on Rick Barnes and then agreeing to terms with Mick Cronin; and St. John’s losing its coach, Chris Mullin, to resignation, became big items.

Cronin signed a six-year, $24 million contract with the Bruins. He is a good hire after what was a PR disaster for UCLA’s athletic department in trying to land a coach. If he wins, few will remember or care about the wiggly path taken to get to this point. If it doesn’t work out, UCLA and its athletic director, Dan Guerrero, will only look worse in light of this. UCLA was publicly turned down by John Calipari, Jamie Dixon and Rick Barnes. Privately, it was turned down by a couple more. 

Getting Cronin is a nice escape route. 

Cronin’s move to UCLA opens up Cincinnati, which is a top-30 job in college basketball. St. John’s, which has fallen in esteem steadily over the past 15 years, is a notch below Cincy. The Bearcats had a top 25-level roster under Cronin, but with him out, things will be in flux. The program’s made nine straight NCAA tourneys.

St. John’s has made the Big Dance three times since 2002. Its ceiling is high, but the program will reel with a late coaching change and massive roster turnover. 

We’re now up to 51 jobs that have gone or will undergo changeover at this point. Below, our tracker on the latest, with the schools who have not made a hire yet listed up top.