Maybe we should have seen this coming. No, this isn’t quite the same as last year’s episode — certainly not nearly as miscalculated and the timing of this publication wasn’t his choice — but Bill Stewart is a headline again at the Big East Tournament and talking about the things of which dreams are made.

“I will fund-raise, do special projects for the president, the university,” he says. “I could be a great liaison with the state capitol in Charleston. There are a lot of things I can do to lobby for higher education. I am very close with the president. I don’t think I will just be a fundraiser who goes to caravans. But first I’m looking forward to working with Dana.”

Won’t it be difficult to work side-by-side with a coach who is going to take your job?

“Nope,” Stewart says.

Won’t it be difficult to not have any hard feelings?

“That is baloney,” he says. “We are going to show a defining moment next year. The new coaches have been so respectful. Things are going pretty good. It has been a dream come true. A dream come true.”