Down to two to replace Staley as Temple coach

Connecticut assistant Tonya Cardoza and Wake Forest associate head coach Natasha Adair are two finalists to be the next Temple's women's basketball coach. A decision is expected to be announced at the end of the week. The job has been vacant since May 7, when Dawn Staley departed for the University of South Carolina after a successful eight-year run with the Owls that included six NCAA tournament appearances and four Atlantic Ten titles.

Cardoza would appear to be the frontrunner given her 14 years working for Geno Auriemma, a span that includes all five of the Huskies' NCAA titles. A former teammate of Staley's at Virginia on two of the Cavaliers' Final Four teams in 1990 and 1991, she is a longtime friend of the ...