The Baylor men’s basketball program hasn’t exactly enjoyed a storied history. While the program has made it to three Final Fours, two of them came before the invention of the Barbie doll. The third, though, led to a 2021 national championship, and it was the product of an almost two-decade run of success for the program under head coach Scott Drew. Drew came to Baylor in 2003, after a shocking murder scandal caused its previous coach to resign. He weathered NCAA sanctions in his first years, then led the Bears to respectability by 2010, with the team making twelve NCAA tournament appearances in seventeen seasons—six of which saw the team advance to the Sweet Sixteen or better, including that 2021 title. In the past four seasons,…
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