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Beard From B1 leadership had a great deal to do with that. But, you know, at the same time there are other compo- nents that have led to the success of Texas Tech basketball.” “We’re going to fight, to use a term that Coach Beard uses every day. You get in the fight, we’ve been in the fight for five years and the fight’s not over,” Hocutt added. “And you have somebody that then walks away to go to an in-conference school, an in-state school. Absolutely, that frustrates you. Heck yeah it does.” Beard, 48, will be expected to produce consistent postseason success the Longhorns never achieved under Smart, who had led VCU to the Final Four in 2011 and was one of the hot names in coaching when Texas hired him. Beard was 112-55 in five sea- sons with the Red Raiders. He was named The Associated Press coach of the year in 2019 as he guided Texas Tech to a 31-7 fin- ish and lost to Virginia in the na- tional championship game. The Red Raiders made it to the sec- ond round of this season’s tour- nament. ORLIN WAGNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS The Longhorns last made the Final Four in 2003 but made tour- Texas Tech head coach talks with his team during a timeout in the first half of an NCAA game against Texas in the nament appearances 16 times un- quarterfinal round of the Big 12 men’s tournament in Kansas City on March 11. der from 1999 to 2015 and reached the regional finals tournament as a No. 3 seed with Beard’s coached one season at He then accepted the head spent several years as an assistant in 2006 and 2008. Texas hasn’t a veteran team, but lost in the first Arkansas-Little Rock, leading the coaching job at UNLV, before under Bob Knight. made it out of the first weekend round to No. 14 Abilene Christian, program to a 30-5 finish and to the leaving less a month later for AP Sports Writer Stephen of the tournament since then. which had been playing Division I second round of the tournament Texas Tech, citing a desire to re- Hawkins contributed to this re- Texas entered this season’s basketball for less than a decade. in 2016. turn to the program where he’d port.

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20-11 record and an NIT berth in 2002-03. Younger brother was much better known than Scott after hitting the game win- ning toss-and-shoot 3-pointer that beat Ole Miss in the 1998 NCAA tournament. Scott was among the Valpo party diving into the pile to celebrate the mir- acle shot. I still remember Scott walking into the Ferrell Center for his first press conference with a handful of players who remained at Bay- lor amid the scandal. They were nicknamed the Leftovers. It was a rag-tag group for sure. But Drew spoke with such op- timism and enthusiasm that ev- eryone wondered if he had really grasped the scope of the situation that he had just signed up for. But his positivity never waned. With seven scholarship players most of the season, the Bears only won three Big 12 games that season, but fans loved the way his team fought every game. Drew and assistants like Je- MICHAEL CONROY, ASSOCIATED PRESS rome Tang and Matt Driscoll Baylor head coach Scott Drew, after two previous trips to the Elite Eight, directed the Bears to the program’s first Final Four in 71 years. worked around the clock trying to convince players that this Dugat and forward Kevin Rogers unveiled. When Baylor’s name make their first Final Four ap- recruits. The Bears are bringing was a new era at Baylor and they arrived in 2005 followed by Mc- popped up at the last minute, pearance since 1950 when they in a top five class next season. could be on the ground floor of a Donald’s All-American Tweety the place exploded as players, play Houston on Saturday at Lu- It’s been nearly 34 years since major rebuild. Carter in 2006. coaches and fans openly wept cas Oil Stadium. my trip to Maui that kicked off They convinced talented Aus- In 2008, the Bears broke the with joy. From the ashes of 2003, Drew my Baylor basketball coverage. tralian guard Aaron Bruce, who 20-win barrier for the first time After eight more NCAA tour- has built a nationally recognized But I would trade snorkeling and really ate vegemite sandwiches, since 1988. I still remember the nament berths, including Elite program that’s averaged 24 wins seeing a volcano and black sand to sign in 2004. A program-lift- anxiety at the Ferrell Center Eight appearances in 2010 and per season since the break- beaches to cover a Final Four ing recruiting class featuring during the NCAA tournament 2012 and Sweet 16 appearances through 2007-08 season. Baylor team any day. guards Curtis Jerrells and Henry selection show as the bracket was in 2014 and 2017, the Bears will basketball is on the radar of top Paradise found.

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