According to a pair of industry sources, LSU is set to go after Anthony Grant.

However, don’t entirely discount Tigers interim coach Butch Pierre.

Pierre recruited most of the players to LSU and has the backing of some big money people in Baton Rouge. If Pierre can win some games down the stretch, it’s not completely out of the question that he could keep the job on a permanent basis.

USC’s Tim Floyd will be mentioned prominently as well, but sources insist that he’s not interested in making the move – and also that he’s not at the top of LSU’s list.

The Tigers have lost 10 of the last 11 games, but Pierre kept his team more than competitive in a 47-45 loss to Tennessee over the weekend. LSU has eight regular-season games left.

Understandably, Grant declined to comment to FOXSports.com. However, he told me how much he and his family love it at VCU and he’s focused on trying to win another CAA crown.

Grant picked up plenty while working for Florida coach Billy Donovan over the years. One of Donovan’s greatest attributes to live in the moment – and that’s exactly what Grant is doing. He’s not going to get distracted and lose sight of the current task at hand.

ILLINOIS FANS GOT BAD RAP

Eric Gordon knew what to expect.

Except for maybe the pre-game chest-bump from Illinois guard Chester Frazier.

Gordon, the Indiana freshman and one-time Illini commit, went into Champaign and was called a liar and a sell-out. The Illinois fans were chastised for their treatment of Gordon, but it wasn’t all that much worse than Gerald Henderson Jr.’s reception in Chapel Hill.

Sure, there were a few fans that got carried away – one even threw a cup of ice into the section where Gordon’s family was sitting in the waning minutes of the Illini loss.

However, it wasn’t as if the entire student section was shouting profanities in unison.

RANDOM NOTES: North Carolina coach Roy Williams still isn’t certain when to expect Ty Lawson back. … Duke big man Brian Zoubek played two minutes against Boston College on Saturday – his first action in 10 games. … UNC Greensboro senior forward Kyle Hines scored his 2,000th point this past weekend. He’s also scored at least 10 points in 72 straight games – the longest active streak in the country. Hines is 24 rebounds shy of 2,000 for his career. … Seton Hall will be without guard Paul Gause (torn ACL) for the rest of the season.