re: Apparently John Calipari may be headed to Arkansas

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Why would he want the Baylor job? They've had a great coach in Drew and still a grand total of one good year

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You realize what Drew walked into, right? They had only made one tournament before he got there and were dealing with a major scandal. Just in case you don't: Baylor Basketball Scandal - 2003

Baylor started getting significantly better around 2010 and landing big-time recruits around the same time. Drew had top athletes playing a funky zone, but in the mid-2010's switched to the no-middle man defense which basically changed his coaching identity. They had four 3 seeds in between 2010-2017. In the last four years, they've had two 1 seeds and two 3 seeds.

Beard probably wouldn't see Baylor as a step up and could wait another year for a bigger/better job to open, but Baylor could go after someone like Jerome Tang who was an assistant at Baylor under Drew for 18 years before going to K-State.