Virginia athletic director Carla Williams is hoping the obvious choice was the right one. Williams named VCU coach Ryan Odom — whose father was a Cavaliers assistant and who handed the program its mos

VCU coach Ryan Odom has emerged as the target for the Virginia job, and a deal is expected to come together in the upcoming days, sources tell me and Jeff Borzello. He’s led VCU, Utah State and UMBC to the NCAA tournament in his career.

Odom, 50, led VCU to the NCAA Tournament this season in only his second year with the program. The No. 11 seed Rams — whose season ended Thursday, after their 80-71 first-round loss to No. 6 seed BYU — shared the Atlantic 10 regular-season title with George Mason before winning the league’s tournament championship.