Tim Fuller, Missouri assistant

Age: 36

The skinny: Former Wake Forest walk-on, assistant at Wake Forest, Louisville, coached MU to five wins during Haith’s NCAA suspension this past season.

Some quick thoughts on possible candidates …

• Until a credible list of candidate emerges — and in today’s age of head-hunter firms, that might not happen — this is all speculation. Three years ago Mizzou writers wasted a week of keystrokes speculating on candidates when Alden stunned everyone with Haith. Translation: Missouri’s next basketball coach might not be on this list — or anyone’s list for that matter.

• Anderson just won a D-II national title and would be a feel-good bridge to the program’s glory days under Stewart, but Alden has had three chances to hire the Sedalia, Mo., native and never gave Anderson serious consideration. Why would that change now? Mizzou would be Anderson’s dream job but he’s unlikely to be Alden’s dream candidate a fourth time around.