According to an article in Tuesday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, the LaSalle Explorers may turn their attention to University of Maine men’s basketball coach John Giannini if the top candidate for their vacant coaching position – Pennsylvania’s Fran Dunphy – is not interested.

Giannini, 41, refused to comment on the rumors, saying there was no point in giving any credence to what is only “conjecture” at this point. Giannini, who interviewed at LaSalle in 1991, has been at Maine since 1996 and has a career record of 293-149 (Rowan College and Maine).