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I hope we get a home run hire, that's just the guy I read in the paper today

It's been reported Aleva will not hire any with sanctions except Johhny Jones because his was 15 years ago and has been clean since. Eddie Sutton son is the new name because of his ties with Nike. I think it will be Jones if Pastner and a few others price them selves out of a job. We need a homerun hire but someone who can understand the culture of LA. Trent was thaught of as a homerun hire but ne never could get with the culture of our great state or recruit.

Baylor's sanctions are nothing. The NCAA investigated for three years and all they found were phone calls and texts (not nearly as bad as what they found in the McCarthy-Hicks case, for example). If that was really all that was going on, Drew is way behind the college basketball cheating curve. Word is the NCAA is unlikely to give any more sanctions in addition to the school's self-imposed penalties, so there won't be any postseason or TV bans, and Drew has already served his own personal time.

Regardless, I just think it's highly unlikely that Drew would leave Baylor for LSU, given the respective states of the two programs (same with Pastner at Memphis).

Also, if Alleva really is hellbent on not hiring anyone with any history of NCAA improprieties, that is a big mistake IMO. That stuff needs to be considered on a case-by-case basis for each candidate.

The newest name in the mix is Lehigh head basketball coach Dr. Brett Reed from Lehigh. Not sure how I feel about this but they sure played well in the tourney. They defeated Duke.